So I was meant to be doing a park run at clumber park today. Sadly Mr Mouse er Spoonie, oh why didn't I use my normal name of LittlemouseLilly it's all too confusing for my little brain... Anyway Mr Mouse had a rough night and there was no way we were going to make it in time so after munching on toast and a lovely earl grey tea I decided to just pootle off for a 5k and start my interval training (with zombies) along my normal route, leaving battle dog at home as we were heading to clumber park later to meet up with other sprockers and humans.
So off I went, I'm getting used to going out without Ferd on the odd occasion. Mr Mouse wasn't convinced it was safe me going out you know as thunder had been rumbling about and I have metal shoved in my face. I told him it was fine, the thunder had gone, it's not like a few facial piercings are going to act as a lightening conductor.... Husbands..... Honestly.
So walking down the road to exit Nottinghamshire and enter Derbyshire and I spot a little black cat streak across the road, up into a hedge, some moments later it jumped out with a pigeon that was almost as big as him in his mouth. It was impressive. I wonder if he managed to drag his prize all the why home and if his owners were impressed. It's amazing the things you see in the morning before everyone else has gotten up.
And so today was the start of my interval training using zombie 5k.
Now this is actually a couch to 5k plan that I am adapting to intervals to improve stamina and speed.
So the actual programme is
10 minute walk
15 second run, 1 minute walk x 10
10 minute free form run (run walk as you feel like it.
Because obviously I can already run 5k I am using it as interval training so my plan was
10 minute steady pace
15 second fast pace, 1 minute steady pace x 10
Followed by steady pace until I got to my stopping point
I started off really well and boy the intervals as they progressed were actually harder than they sound. I did 6 reps and had to stop, well not stop I dropped to a walk break. I tried to start again but I had pretty bad tummyache, I normally run on empty, the toast I'd consumed was under the assumption I wouldn't be running for another couple of hours, I hadn't eaten and run straight away, I thought I had left enough time between eaten and going out but alas no.
I was feeling pretty de motivated and blurgh and upset cause I had geared myself up for a park run. I tried to push on and finish the intervals which apart from missing two fast pace bits I did, but I kept dropping back to a walk and not being able to get the steady pace run mojo back and my tummy was cramping. I was not a happy little mouse.
I decided to not push it and call it quits for the day and just walk the rest of the way. A cyclist past me an I started to question why I was running and not out on my bike, I should get my bike out, I could cycle, cycling is way more fun than running (I haven't been on my bike for years because of my knees but it's something that's been on my mind a lot recently). But then I have myself a mental kick up the backside, without the running I wouldn't even be thinking I could actually maybe be able to get back on my bike (it's pink, a land rover, I miss cycling). I also like running. So some motivational bargains with myself, get through my interval training plan (and when I have a job - still waiting for conditional offer to turn into firm offer with a start date) I will treat myself to a garmin forerunner 10 or maybe a 15.
So on I walked feeling a little bit better about the general carrying on, but that today was still all a bit pants and I was wondering if I should give up the whole interval thing.
The app was still running, tracking my distance and time, I was just happy listening to Rammstein (incidentally German Industrial Metal apparently not the best music to run to).
I got to the road leading to home and decided to stop the app and listen to the birds and I got a shock. You see despite walking half of the route I had covered 5.7k in 49 minutes and something seconds, yeah so what you might think - last week my 5k time was just a smidge over 40 minutes. So something, somewhere during the initial running bit, with the intervals was working, it might actually be worth continuing after all.
So there you go what might seem like a pants run might actually surprise you.
W8R2 - I used the happiest face possible! 
half m training again
Intervals were fun - what a difference it makes! 
Wk9r2
Failed spectacularly 
