Run like the wind

I’m spending an increasingly large amount of time on Runnersworld.co.uk – Nerd ! My latest inquiry is ‘Sleep’. Why am I waking at crazy o’clock every morning? According to some, hard evening sessions ‘wakes your body up’ meaning that endorphins (feel good hormones) are increased and it is harder for you to calm down and drop your body temp, ready for sleep. My body is too happy to waste time sleeping!? A milky drink, or a banana is recommended. Jeez, at this rate I’m going to overdose on bananas.

Last night was a hard session. I went, expecting track, but in the end foolishly followed the fast guys to do loops of Primrose Hill. Apparently the aim of the session is to build on strength and focus on your running form – alignment, posture, foot fall etc and not to ‘bust your lungs and heart’ and that  ‘it should feel fairly easy’. This, according to Alex – who tells me he’s aiming for a 2:30 Marathon this year…

It didn’t feel easy.

written by Charky