week three: this is reality

Well, this is reality.

Week three of the plan was mostly wiped out by a cold. I managed one 25-minute run-walk on Wednesday morning, after a half-decent sleep left me feeling ready to go. For a few hours, I thought I might have kept the cold at bay.

I hadn’t.

I was off work sick on Thursday. Friday’s run-walk did not happen, and neither did Sunday’s planned 11.5-kilometre walk. The cold continued through the weekend and into the start of this week.

Today is Tuesday and I am going back to work, so things are at least moving in the right direction.

picking up from week four

A 25-week training plan looks very neat on a screen. Actual life and training are not always going to follow it neatly.

There is no point trying to cram the missed sessions into this week or pretending week three did not happen. I was sick, I rested, and now I will pick things up from week four’s schedule.

You can follow the full training plan on Runners Gateway, including the session notes as the weeks unfold.

Week three is done. Not how I planned it, but this is reality. Onwards.