14week Marathon Training Plan: Week 7, Session 2: Yasso 800m - SESSION SKIPPED

Twentieth Session: Week 7 Session 2: Yasso 800m x 8 (Skipped due to injury)
Goal: First Marathon (Sundown Singapore 25 March 2017)

Unfortunately I was still sore and tight from Sunday's MP run, so I reluctantly decided to skip Tuesday's track session. Although the hamstring felt better, it was definitely not 100% as I could feel it tighten during simple day to day activities with the kids. I don't like the thought of missing scheduled training plan workouts, but I know it's necessary so that I can recover properly before trying to hit the next workout, otherwise it could mean more serious damage and more time off. I kept repeating to myself, "train hard, recover harder", to make sure I stay rested. However, always itching to do something, I decided to walk a little more to get the blood back into the legs as a light recovery exercise, (and a little strength training as I strapped my 9kg toddler to my chest) and walked to Lau Pa Sat hawker market. At the end of the day I logged 19K steps, a small consolation prize especially after seeing my Strava feed flood with mates completing their Yasso 800m sessions.

So today, Wednesday 1st Feb, I decided to head out before sunrise to test out the legs with an easy run (with no time or duration in mind). If rising out of bed was hard, the first 200metres was even harder, only managing a drunken plod. Things improved only slightly, and overall managed to jog 8.5km in 57mins, averaging 6:39min/km before I gave up and headed to the local coffee shop, frustrated. My legs are still resisting any work and are screaming for another day off, so I'll respect that. One more day off, and I'll throttle them on Thursday for 2:40hrs (pending no scheduling issues).

During the 8.5km run:

Average Heart Rate: 101bpm

Max Heart Rate: 134bpm
Cadence: 181

Progress Stats:
(19 / 42 sessions completed): 45%,  (1 / 42 sessions missed): 2%, Total Plan: 47%