Thursday morning - today is a complete rest day and i
feel like i really need it !!
I'm not really sure what to make of last nights running
at the Masters. It didn't feel at all good (felt like a struggle)
and i was a bit sore around the groin area before i ran in
both the 100m and the 300m. I made sure that i warmed
up well - about an hour in total gradually building up the
pace and doing stretches etc.
My goal for the night was to try and run around 12.5 for the
100m. We had a problem with the start (the gun didn't fire
properly). When we did get a start, i was expecting to hear
a bang and only heard a "GO", so i hesitated and missed it by
a couple of metres. The timer then told us that he wasn't sure
if he got it right so who knows. 13.26 was what the clock said
but i don't know what to think!
The 300m was about 10 minutes later, and from an inside
lane, i watched the other 3 runners gradually get further and
further away in front. My time was 47.6 which was a PB for
the distance having only done a best of 53 in training. It just
didn't feel good though and i think that i have possibly over-
trained again in the last week or two.
My feeling is that i have probably overdone the speed work
which has made me tired and added a couple of kilos to my
weight. I'm going to focus once again mainly on my long slow
easy distance running and cut down on the speed work for
a couple of weeks. I also haven't done any bag work for two
weeks (heavy/speed/floor-to-ceiling bags) and my stomach
muscles don't feel quite a strong as they were.
To start with i will be having more rest this weekend.