rainy day friends

went to training this morning (one point), it was raining and i still went (two points). i was very glad i did because my lovely friend Mel decided to come along, and i am hoping that she will become a regular attendee because she is so nice (and is a great target for me to aspire to!!).

when i got up, as part of my eating before running thing i tried a bit of the vanilla sustagen that ali gave me which was not the best - so i'll be sticking to chocolate. so instead i had about 250ml of powerade. in retrospect, possibly not the best combo.

ran in, did a couple of laps plus the strides and drills for 3.25k warm up. i felt a bit light headed and weird in parts of it and sort of clammy - so i stopped during two of the accelerations and had a drink.

then the guts of the session - 5 x 1k fartlek loops. the splits tell the story:
4.49 (holy crap)
5.09
5.51 - yes - after lap two i had to stop because i was feeling terrible again. not sick but clammy and awful - like my heartrate was too high
5.26 (starting to feel better)
5.28 (obviously this was the pace i should have been going to start with!!!)

anyway - the same lesson learned again (and Horrie even told me right at the start!! i've never liked to do what i'm told...) - don't go out too hard.

1.73k cool down for a total of 9.98k. noice.

EDIT - just got my 'early bird singlet' for the sydney running festival. i ordered a small but was worried it would be too small. it isn't. i would need GGG norks to fit in this baby. of course it fits just fine on the hips!! anyway - i look like a freak - and not just cause i'm sitting at my desk with it over my suit.