Week 9 day 1-3

Day 1

Nicely rested up, another days rest on Monday, plus a visit to the chiropractor. Some movement on my hips and the difference on my left leg, not major though.

Personal trainer session with Cath at 8.30am, so up for a early light breakfast at 6.30 and out at 8am. Okay did have a small coffee at 6.30... more on this later on in the week, caffeine and me is interesting.

Massive difference in energy levels to last week's session after resting for 2-3 days. Felt tired doing even 10.5-11 kmh on the treadmill last week just as a warmup but comfortably able to low speed interval at 10.5-11 kmh with higher speed interval of 13-16.5... and still chat too.

Good session with the new sandbag at the gym, lunges, squats, deadlifts.. then move onto weights, all on the arms.

A bit of rest then had a 2 hr horse ride/ beach hack booked... glorious weather, scorching hot.

Phenomenal. Cantering along the beach to West Kirby. My right hamstring was a bit tight but loosened up nicely with all the trotting on the horse.

The Wirral looked as good as I've seen it, 25 degrees heat, the sea right out, could've been Egypt. (see photo below).

Day 2

Relatives visiting so out for an early morning run at 6.30am, 6-7 miles.

Later on in the day, did the pumpfx weights class... again felt so much better than the week before.

On the other hand, some how managed to give myself small cuts on my fingers.. Weird, just doing a press up on a step. Looked down and a few bits of blood.

Day 3

Football at lunchtime, but nothing in the morning before it and well balanced days before that.

Loads of energy this time, back up to 550-600 calories rather than last weeks 400ish, able to run, sprint all over the place. Had some pasta and a coffee in the afternoon.

Evening, recovery run around 10 mile pace, 8.5 miles, quite comfortable... although heart rate up at 170-175 for the entire 90 minutes.

I'm definitely very caffeine sensitive! Seriously spikes my heart rate weight up for 4-10 hours.

Long run planned for Saturday morning, 18-20 miles. No coffee