Prep diary for HM 31st May

My pre run diary for me to track my progress and how I felt and prepared in the run up. 

Wed

Exercise: Boot camp wednesday evening

Food diary: brown rice for lunch, flap jack as afternoon snack, small portion of potato wedges in evening.

Physical: 7/10 feeling strong but tired

Nutrition: 8/10 plenty of carbs

Hydration: 7/10 not enough water post bootcamp.

Thur

Exercise: 5K recovery run, stiff and sore but felt good. Not enough time for thorough stretch but did small roller & stretch session before bed.

Food diary: brown rice for lunch, ikea meatballs & mash in evening. Ate late and was stodgy. 

Physical: 8/10 aching and stiff in glutes, hams, hips and lower back but felt good during run and much better after.

Nutrition: 6/10 disappointed with eating stodge other than that good. 

Hydration: 8/10 doing OK but should be drinking more

Fri

Exercise: Gym in AM weights and abs/core, stretch. 

Food diary: Burrito for lunch

Physical: 8/10 felt good

Nutrition: 7/10 good other than 3 pints and a chicken burger on an impromptu night out.  

Hydration: 7/10 tried to drink plenty 

Sat

Post run I had a banana and a flapjack and had a bottle of iso sports drink

Felt good well fuelled and had plenty of energy.

Did 21K in 1 hour 55

Do you like mondays?

I generally like Mondays, probably an opinion against the norm but heres why:

Usually I go for a long run on Sunday and I also like to start the week off with a pre work gym session. So this normally leaves me pretty buzzing both mentally and physically.

Today was quite typical, I felt good after a 15K run yesterday and a weights session at the gym this morning. 

The gym was good this morning, really good, it was a really good workout that made me feel good and and kept me alert through the day and helped me

get through a ton of work.

But what makes it feel so much better is all the moaning from my colleagues in the office about how tired they feel and about not getting enough sleep at the weekend. 

I also enjoy Mondays as its the prospect of the challenge of the week ahead. I like to plan out my training for the week ahead and look forward to what I have planned ahead.

Everyone knows its important to have a work/life balance and to not be solely focused on work and for me that means focusing on my training.

I like the idea that when I train in the morning I am getting up to train rather than getting up to work. When I train in the evening I am thinking about training after work while I am at work. And when I train in the morning and the evening I feel like my whole day is about training rather than work. 

I hope your Monday was good and you found the motivation to train today.