A productive week

This week has been very productive from a learning point of view.

I went along to the Triathlon show 2013 at Sandown Park on Sunday and attended a running workshop with The Running School. It sounds corny but it truly was an enlightening experience. Mike Antoniades ran the course and had us all running around a paddock for an hour, improving our technique. At first it seems a lot to process and run and the same time but since that workshop I have been actively trying to 'run correctly' and the difference is remarkable. My speed has increased but I am not fatiguing as quick.

The Running School are offering free bio mechanical analysis at the moment (which I have signed up to) so anyone new to running I would recommend this.

I also sat in on a seminar about running techniques and links to injuries. It was led by some researchers at the University of Oxford and the project is called Run 3D. It was a fascinating seminar but I was eager to volunteer as a guinea pig but alas they have enough!

All in all it was a great day out and I took home lots of freebies and advice. I also went to the Tri-Together stand and had a chat with the lovely people there. It was great to meet them and really helped me focus on my training this week.

The last week
Thursday - Cycle 10 miles
Friday - REST
Saturday - 5K (not quite parkrun as I overslept!)
Sunday - REST (with a bit of running at the workshop)
Monday - Cycle 10 miles, Running club (4 miles)
Tuesday - Cycle 10 miles
Wednesday - Cycle 10 miles, Interval training over 5K

I decided against entering the ballot for the ITU London Triathlon as its open water swimming and they advise participants to have a wet suit - I'm not quite there on this investment yet so maybe we might go along as a cheering squad instead!

The sponsorship is still coming in thick and fast and I now only have £30 to go to reach my target so all donations are very much appreciated - http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ClaireMcLaren1. Its for such a great cause and I promise to post 'knackered Claire' photos after the event as a treat to all who sponsored me.

This weekend I am off to Snowdon and depending on the weather (which currently doesn't look too good) we will hopefully climb this peak as part of our 3 peaks in a year challenge!! Fingers crossed the weather is clear otherwise I'll be down a copper mine!!

News on the knee front is.....it still hurts :( I've got a follow up appointment with my physio next week but it would be good to get an idea on what the cause of the pain is. I have been taking things easy on all runs this week but its not right.

Anyways that's enough from me. Hope you all have a fab weekend...... till next week x