Soring success

These are the intense training weeks. I'm trying to break through the 80 or 90 minutes barrier as well as lose some kilos.

On Saturday, I ran 80 minutes. It was hard, and I wanted to stop after 42, 50, 64, 68 and 72 minutes, but I didn't and not stopping did not require superhuman determination. So that's good. On Sunday, I did 40 minutes. And then, on Monday night, a full two-hour football training.

So now my body is in a state of shock and sore, especially my left buttock. But when I went for a walk to the hairdresser at lunch time, I had the strange sensation that my legs wanted to just go and go, as if there was excess energy stored in them. Quite pleasant, I tell you.

This weekend I'll have a stab at 90 minutes.

Milestone of sorts

Completed my 11k loop this morning. In 67:16, which is slow. But it was 17 minutes more continuous running than I'd done ever since my injury. And only 3 minutes under NEXT week's target. So that is very cool.