GLOUCESTER SPORTS BLOG

Sickly Stir Fry and Sessions

We've all been there, driving to a session with that feeling of "this is not going to go well tonight" buzzing round your head. You know that you are either going to be able to smash through it, or your session will resemble that of my attempt at x-country this year - rubbish.

Unfortunately I was in this exact position last night, driving to training with that slightly queezy feeling that only your friends first attempt at a stir fry can give you. Whether the chicken was at fault or (more likely) he was, I will never know, but after doing my best to cover up the fact that I was struggling to keep up on the warm up I lined up at the start of the famous 2 mile loop of Stroud. We set off and despite being properly dressed for the cold in a Canterbury Baselayer and a Nike Miler T-Shirt, I was shivering uncontrollably, and struggling for breath after a whole 50 metres. I'm a big believer that a lot of running is psychological, so I did my best to block any bad feelings, and im happy to say it worked! Until I got to a hill...

Anyway, I got round 1 of the 2 laps and called it a day as I was over a minute slower than I normally would be, so got back into my lovely warm car and got home pronto. I was aching all over, so to help combat this I put my Canterbury Mercury Compression on ( http://www.gloucestersports.com/shop-description.php?Sh=B&La=E&ID=1312245821 ). Skins currently seems to be the market leader in compression wear, but personally I really rate the Canterbury kit. The fit is spot on and whilst this shouldn't matter, I think they look great too! 

Stay safe,

Pat