4k Easy Run – Very Hot & Sunny – 22 mins approx
Posted on Jul 26, 2008 under Easy Runs | No CommentI’ve had an easy running week, after deciding to experiment a little. Last race I did, I took 3 days off before the race and felt sluggish and rusty on the day, and struggled a bit – so decided to have an easy week, but do an easy run the day before the race to see what kind of effect this has… Well truthfully, life got in the way of running a little bit this week – but I might as well looked at it as one of those weeks that planned itself as an easy running week!
It seems to be the hottest weekend of the year in the UK, and felt blisteringly hot today! I went out aiming to do about 6k at an easy pace, started off slowly – then got to and kept up a reasonable and steady pace but the heat was becoming a bit of a struggle.
Normally I would have carried on, but when I came near a steep hilly length of my run, I stopped after clocking just 4k. I was breathing very hard and didn’t want to tire myself before tomorrow’s race – so just walked the last couple of K in very hot sun, took a while to recover and my lungs felt a bit over stretched!
Is running the day before a race a good idea or not? I will let you know tomorrow! 