Langbank 10K

Well we got volcanoed on the way back from Scotland and our flight was cancelled and so we ended up staying an extra night in Glasgow, this gave me a chance for a run at the Langbank 10K with Stu. I'd forgotten how hilly Scotland was. Really there are just no flat bits at all. Its either uphill or downhill. Majestic views down the Clyde and across to Dumbarton Castle a nice run out. We have an exciting 14 hour train journey back the next day Glasgow to London , Lille , Brussels and Charleroi. It wasn't as hard as it sounds.

18K and knocked out

Saturday morning and Team Kennedy manager bashed out another 10K and is goading me to get out there.....I slip on my trainers and sneak out for a cheeky 18K.....That'll teach her.

I'm 24:30 for 5K and while a little breathless at the top of the hill I'm OK and the time is a good pace for 18K for me. At about the 8K mark I'm starting to feel a bit weak. I know that as it was unplanned training session that I haven't really eaten or drank enough in the morning.

Two bits of toast and a cup of tea is just not the right start. At 11K I'm at 1hr 01 minute and my head is spinning and legs feel like jelly. I could stop and just throw up right on the site of Napoleon's greatest defeat if my stomach wasn't empty.

I just keep running and luckily there is no wind so I'm just fighting gravity all the way down the N5. At 14K I get a bit of a second wind but only in my legs, my head is still out of it. I have to crawl up the last hill with 1K to go and my legs are very heavy and all my joints feel like they are rusty so it takes enormous efforts just to move my limbs.

I finish in 1:40:01 and I'm really dying....totally wiped out. Legs killing me, head thumping and heart rate soaring. Quick drink , shower and bed for an hour....Sunday I was sore all over and blanked it all out using paracetamol and a couple of glasses of vin rouge.

10K under pressure

Team Kennedy manager has done three 10K runs in the last 5 days and has been going round the house singing "30K in the bank baby"....so I had to eventually do something to escape the growing pressure cooker environment at home.

It was a 10K run to bring order to the chaos. A nice night but quite a strong wind from the East that was straight in my face the whole way out.

I was 25:20 for 5K to the top of the Hedgehog and a final finish in 52:15 which is a fair bit slower than my recent times but given I've not been off my lazy backside for nearly two weeks its not too bad.

I've spent the last two weeks thinking about my holidays and planning my fishing ...so running hasn't been at the top of my agenda...However The Manager has put her trainer down and I've at least got one eye on the running again...