There are only three weeks left in my training diary for the Loch Ness Marathon. Fresh from the rest on Sunday, I headed for the Victoria Park this morning to do the interval run. This was going to be the hardest of VO2 Max - I was supposed to run 1200 metres at the 5k race pace, jog two minutes in between, then repeat the fast run six times.
Like every runner I run with a bottle of water, but I put it on the grass today as I was doing the tempo run. I know you are not supposed to break the rhythm during the interval runs, but this was going to be a long session so after the second run I stopped to have water. I could not find my bottle where I left it, however, and after looking around for a while I finally discovered the crushed plastic which barely resembled the water bottle. Then I remembered a big dog walking by while I was running. It seemed that my water bottle fell victim to this dog.
Clearly there was no point in being cross with the dog. But, please dog owners, if you see a bottle of water on the ground don't let your dog eat it, especially when you see a runner on the scene. It really breaks the runner's heart when they cannot drink water when they need it...
Today: 12 miles
This week: 12 miles
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment