05 nov 2012: sunday bloody sunday

following yesterday’s marathon row, I gave myself the day off from the gym today. not surprisingly, i was very tired by the time yesterday evening came around, and slept very well. resting up today will give the muscles and joints more time to recover, ready for a weigh-in and training session tomorrow afternoon.

overall i pulled up well after the row; the main things today are a little soreness in the butt muscles, and a few dull aches around the upper body and legs. nothing that won’t be fixed with a little rest, staying hydrated, and moving around.

one thing that dawned on me this morning was that i averaged a pace of around 2:34 per 500m. there was a time that i would have been very happy to hit 2:30 for 500m full stop. from there i was happy to be able to maintain that for a kilometer or so. to hold 2:34 over 42.2km is frigging awesome!

Summary

Time got up (today): 04:30

Mood (1 to 5):

Morning 5

Lunch 4

Night 4

journal

04:30 – bowl cereal, orange juice

05:25 – bus, meditate, nap

06:15 – skinny long mac

09:30 – morning walk, banana, yoghurt, cranberries, dates, nuts

12:00 – lunchtime walk, small serve lasagne

14:30 – few nuts, bus, nap

15:30 – piece of olive bread

18:00 – Chicken Kiev, chips, peas, sweetcorn

21:30 – Milk, bed