Negative thoughts again on my first run of the week. Everything seemed to be wrong; my watch couldn't get a satellite signal, my legs felt tired, my new shoes felt wrong, my wife unwittingly pressured me, asking when I would be back, everything was to blame. I wasn't even sure where I was running too or for how long/ far. I tried to push out the negative thoughts and concentrate on something else. No good. Okay, maybe if I concentrated on my breathing, no that didn't work either.
Refused to run around the reservoir like some dumb hamster, so went uphill. At least this gave me an excuse to walk. Stopped for an angry breather, paused my watch. Started again, then after a few minutes, realised I hadn't restarted the watch, angry again. Still trying to push away the negative thoughts, but no luck despite the cheery "Hellos" of other runners. Running downhill again was a little better but finished the run with an angry, frustrated walk. Perhaps it was because this was one of my rare evening runs.
Midweek I went out for a longer run on a new route to try and boost my motivation. The first hour involved a steep 700 metre climb over 7 kilometres. Then a run along the ridge for 2km before descending steeply back down to the village. The weather was perfect sunny with a light breeze. I felt reasonably comfortable although my new shoes are still breaking in. The next day I followed the route again with my family. My legs were pretty sore so walked the majority. My wife and kids ran sections, and my wife, a road runner, enjoyed the experience.
I finished the week feeling a little more positive, with a short four kilometre run. I am averaging around 20 kilometres a week but mostly on shortish runs, 10- 12 kilometres maximum. However these are all trail runs with a fair amount of height gain and loss. My worry is that my objective is a 42 kilometre run and I have only ever run a maximum of 20 kilometres. I am afraid that this will not be enough preparation.
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