We went on holiday at the end of September for 2 weeks. However, the 2 weeks straight after were half term so I decided a while ago to take a complete month off from 'training'. This gave my brain space to enjoy the holiday and mentally relieved the pressure to train which I sometimes put upon myself during holidays. It also gave my body a nice rest....the neglected and often forgotten discipline in sport.
Florida was wonderful. We were treated to brilliant weather, amazing food, courteous people, no road rage, cheap shopping, empty supermarkets, and excellent customer service, everything which is lacking in the UK. Don't get me wrong, I'm patriotic and very proud to be British, but I hate what is happening to the country which I love so much. Sadly, everything which is great about Florida, is bad in Britain.
Although I wanted a full 4 weeks rest, half way through the third week I caved and had to go for a run. The weather was lovely and it would've been rude not to. An easy run to the beach turned out to be a bit harder than I'd hoped, but not exactly unexpected after such a lay off.
Fast forward a week and a half - I think Scotland has cancelled Autumn this year and skipped straight to Winter. It's cold, it's wet, and it's windy. Very windy. I'm no stranger to running in adverse conditions but sometimes you just get that gut feeling where you know it would be unsafe to venture out.
Into the gym it was then.
My first interval session in eons hurt. The session was 5 x 3mins with 2mins rec jog. That'll do for this week. I might try and add a rep next week.
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