I'd forgotten just how horrible exams are you know. While Thomas spent 5 hours 40 minutes running an ultra, I spent a roughly equivalent amount of time hacking through 250 multiple guess questions in a CISSP exam in Oxfordshire. Despite a pleasant night's sleep in a local hostelry and a hearty full English breakfast to fuel me up, an hour in, I was suffering brain fade already trying to recall minutia of ISO17799, TCSEC standards, elliptic curve cryptography and what types of fire extinguishers to use on a petroleum fire. That'd be Class B then. Foam, gas, CO2, powder.
However, there were no moments when I wished I was trying to run that Ultra instead. No no no no no no. At least a can still walk after an exam!
Results are probably 4 weeks away, so I may mention them in May some time.
Studying has taken a lot of my time in the evenings over the past month and I know with my head buzzing with factoids, sleep has been a bit of an issue and might have been the cause of my Monday legs. This Monday was much improved on the previous two and the 15,15:1 run:walk was no real problem. This might also have been assisted by my new improved stretching regime. This consists of stretching for about 4 minutes rather than the one or so I've been doing previously - I have been lax.
Monday went so well that I've kept with my rash increases in running time and ran 20,10:1 this morning with no apparent ill effects. My ankle feel exactly the same as at 11 and 15 minutes, which is a little stiff and with the slightest of warning aches, but no more.
So, at this point, I have 24 days to complete my full C25K target within one year of starting out. This might actually be some sort of record, I don't know. But given 8 planned runs between now and then this should not be difficult and I might actually do it in one of the next 4 runs.
What I have certainly achieved now is running continuously for the longest I ever had. Once I get to the 5KAIO (5K all in one), I'm certainly planning to establish that as a base and start to increase as best I can.
Mon: 3.17 miles, 30 minutes, 15,15:1 run:walk 9:28 pace. 4C
Wed: 3.21 miles, 30 minutes, 20,10:1 run:walk 9:22 pace. 4C (garmin a bit suspicious today)
All the best,
Mr Stumble.
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IS017799, TCSEC, just reading that makes MY brain fade lol. I hope you did well on your exam despite the need to recall so much info for all those questions. I'll be looking for that result post in May!
Sounds like your running is going well, you will have to change your blog to Andy Runs :)
Good luck with those results. It is good to know I have someone to call the next time I run into a petroleum fire.
Congrats on the running. You’re finally making the progress you've dreamed about for a year. I'm constantly amazed at your courage and determination. You're doing great.
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