I don't like Mondays.

Busy week again this week and I have a professional exam coming up this weekend, so I'm going to be short on time getting things written up here till next Monday.

However, after some mulling and welcome comments and feedback, I'm accelerating my slow pace of increases to hopefully get the magic 30 minutes without stopping in the next few weeks.

Mondays though seem to be bothering me. Monday morning just gone was just a horrible slog to get through the run even at 11:11:8 minute run segments. It's the same as last week - and it's not like I've been partying or staying up late. It was a grim cold grey day and suited my mood. On the plus side though, Monday took my current shoe mileage over 100 miles, so a milestone of sorts reached.

This morning was an entirely different matter. Running 13:13:4 actually felt easy(ish), and I felt I could easily have wrapped the last 4 minutes onto the 13. Why didn't I? Well, I'm a slave to Mr Garmin and didn't want to mess my records up. Plus, I've been impetuous before and have paid the price, so I'm keeping to the plan.

This has spurred me on though, and on Friday, I plan a straight 15:15. It then looks like this:

Monday 15:15 (As I don't like Mondays and see this as maintaining the gains only)
Wednesday 20:10
Friday 25:5
Monday 30 (or maybe Wednesday, as I've established my Monday problem)

Being ever pragmatic, if whilst I'm going for the summit of my goal I can feel the impending blizzard of injury, I'll retreat to the base camp of crushing failure to re-plan my assault on this little ambition, no doubt with a block of ice round my ankle.

The ankle BTW is still not properly fixed. It's not painful, just feeling a bit stressed out. A couple of weeks ago, I chased after my physio appointment. In their wisdom, the local NHS Trust has decided to centralise all of the physio services in the city, to make them more efficient. Thus instead of having to wait a week or two for an assessment and treatment plan at our local doctors office, I now have to wait until June (I think it is June this year) to get an initial assessment some place about 4 miles away.

All being well, I'll be able to run there and back by that time ;).

Training this week.
Mon 3.14 miles, 30:22 minutes, 11,11,8:1 run:walk 9:41 pace. 5C
Wed 3.11 miles, 30 minutes, 13,13,4:1 run:walk 9:41 pace. 4C
[Garmin problems both days, probably related to high relative humidity and thick cloud.]

All the best.

Mr Stumble.