I went out for a short 8km training walk on Thursday and it felt awful. I had no energy and my legs were so heavy, later that night I felt my aura in my left eye and knew I was in for a migraine. So that was the end of my training for the last 3 days. I woke this morning and still felt foggy headed. The pain was nearly all gone but I knew I would be ok to walk with it. The weather decided to really test my dedication though, it was very windy and raining but at least it wasn't cold....its about 13deg which was actually quite mild.
I decided to head out on the same course that I had used on Thursday but to carry on for 7km then turn and make up the extra on the return stretch. I was feeling pretty good which surprised me, the wind was behind me and so it felt nice and easy. I thought I would get 7km out before I turned but it instead ended up being 6.5km........and it was then that I felt the wind. It didnt feel like much of a tail wind but when you turn and walk into it....well it felt pretty strong to me ..hahaha.. plus the rain was stinging my face so I just put my head down and gritted my teeth and punched into it. So my pace dropped for the return kms. When I got back up on to the walk way by my home I knew it was only going to make the walk 13km so I decided to carry on past and walk out and around the school and come back to home on the road. So I used the last 2km as a mini kickdown and pushed hard to finish them with a good solid pace.
It was an ok time, not as fast as my 16km pace the week before but then it wasnt windy or raining either. So I guess that evens it out. So 1:35:36 for my 15km with an avg pace of 6:22/km
Heres my Garmin data if anyone is curious.
15km training walk by kyisis at Garmin Connect - Details
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