Isn't it funny how your body works sometimes? Yesterday I was grumpy as hell. I'd been for a 4 mile run the day before, so I was still tired from that, and despite stretching afterwards, my back ached. No matter how much I wriggled, fidgeted and tried to alter my sitting position, I just could not lessen the ache. I was having to exert a considerable amount of effort to behave normally and not snap at people for daring to interrupt me. I also had a run to do later with my newbie recruit that I wasn't looking forward to. It was cold, wet, windy and I soooo wasn't feeling it.
Then I went for the run. It was pretty awful weather-wise, but I felt much happier afterwards. I didn't stretch afterwards as grabbing a hot chocolate and diving under the blankets was a much bigger priority for me and I thought I'd probably suffer for it today. I have every other time I've neglected my stretches. Weirdly though, I seem to be absolutely fine. No aches, no pains and I don't even feel all that tired.
Bodies are strange. Just when you think you have it figured out, they go and confuse you. Your Training can be going great, but then one morning you might wake up with muscles that feel as if they're made of concrete. Or you might cope brilliantly on 4 hours sleep on one day, only to struggle when you get a full 8 hours on a different day.
Or, my Personal favourite, they can make you run 10 min/mi over your first half marathon, which was based on a training plan of one run a week, which was a run/walk where you probably never made it past 13 min/mi in training, which will give you a PB that you have been unable to beat since, despite running more, having a better understanding of how you're supposed to train and now owning a very expensive Garmin.
I think I might have mentioned that before...maybe once or twice....or a million times because it is a source of great personal annoyance. Grrr. Oh dear, Moody Cow is back.
Then I went for the run. It was pretty awful weather-wise, but I felt much happier afterwards. I didn't stretch afterwards as grabbing a hot chocolate and diving under the blankets was a much bigger priority for me and I thought I'd probably suffer for it today. I have every other time I've neglected my stretches. Weirdly though, I seem to be absolutely fine. No aches, no pains and I don't even feel all that tired.
Bodies are strange. Just when you think you have it figured out, they go and confuse you. Your Training can be going great, but then one morning you might wake up with muscles that feel as if they're made of concrete. Or you might cope brilliantly on 4 hours sleep on one day, only to struggle when you get a full 8 hours on a different day.
Or, my Personal favourite, they can make you run 10 min/mi over your first half marathon, which was based on a training plan of one run a week, which was a run/walk where you probably never made it past 13 min/mi in training, which will give you a PB that you have been unable to beat since, despite running more, having a better understanding of how you're supposed to train and now owning a very expensive Garmin.
I think I might have mentioned that before...maybe once or twice....or a million times because it is a source of great personal annoyance. Grrr. Oh dear, Moody Cow is back.
