Weekly Roundup | Paris Marathon Training Week 11

I am coming up the end of Week 11 of my training plan for the Paris Marathon, so I thought I would post a little summary of my week and what I've been up to.

MONDAY:

After a lovely lazy Sunday recovering from my long run, I had a bit of a crazy Monday!

It was a Run-chtime kind of day and I went out for 3 miles will a colleague in the sunshine. I am so thankful that my job lets me spend my lunchtimes running. These Asics J33's are still feeling great - it's crazy to think I've almost put 100 miles on them!

On Monday evening I had an hour to kill.. so guess what I did? Put another 4 miles on the legs of course! I ran in the dark on a trail and it was a little spooky hear bats in the trees nearby, but it just meant I ran a little faster than expected..

My run was followed by a 1 hour kickboxing session, which I promised a friend earlier last week that I would attend. Never one to break a promise, some serious butt was kicked (literally!) and my calves definitely felt it afterwards. Kickboxing is something I was really into before University and I would love to get back into it more regularly.


TUESDAY:

Tuesday is traditionally Kettlebells day and this week was no different.

We finished the session with the same routine of swings and burpees which I posted about a few weeks ago- 10 swings, 1 burpee, 10 swings, 2 burpees.. all the way up to 10 burpees. As usual it was a killer and some sneaky video was taken again!
I can be spotted to the left with a white top on (+ dying!).

I didn't run on Tuesday as I was on a training course at work, but a rest day was needed!


WEDNESDAY:

On Wednesday I took a slightly longer lunch break and went out to run 5 miles with a friend. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful run!

As the day went on I started to feel a pain in my knee, identical to the knee pain I had this time last year. This meant that an evening of chilling out with some YouTube videos and absolutely soaked in Deep Heat was in order. I can tell you, I smelt like an athlete!!


THURSDAY:

Due to my slightly dodgy knee still hurting throughout the day, I missed out Thursday's planned 4 miles and took another break. My number 1 tip for anyone when it comes to exercise is to listen to your body, so I should probably practise what I preach!


FRIDAY:

My knee was still painful on Friday, but feeling much better than before. Still, just to be careful I rested on Friday as well. All of this time I had on my hands called for some retail therapy, so I took a cheeky trip to Boots and picked up some new make up after work!


SATURDAY:

Although I had already had two consecutive rest days (for the first time in forever!), Saturday was Valentines Day and a rather busy one at that.

I spent the day driving to Milton Keynes to see Fleur (from FleurDeForce on Youtube) at her first book signing. She was super sweet and I got to meet her puppy Piglet and husband Mike too!

SUNDAY:

After 3 days off it was definitely time for a run, so I went out for a long one and managed to cover 15.7 miles, before assuming the position below...

It was a tough distance, but it feels so good to have done it!

That's all from me this week - what have you been up to? Leave a comment!