Nepal

Well I’m back with a large update. Still in Nepal at the moment having finished the ebc trek and returning to Kathmandu. I’ll post  a summary of the holiday and photos after I get back to Melbourne but for now I’ll just keep you updated wit the running side of things.

Haven’t been able to run much at all in Kathmandu. The air is so polluted it isn’t particularly pleasant to breathe while walking let alone running. I tried once but it was good. Instead ran IOC and down the stairs of our hostel and did some core and strength stuff.

That was before the trek but now after the trek we have gone to another city called Pokhara. It’s a lot nicer here in general. There’s a lake and the air is clean and we got in last night. I’ve lost a fair bit of leg and back strength so running last night was a bit uncomfortable. Ran along the lake and through some streets and did a few faster strides to finish it off. Did about 7km in all and felt like a new person afterwards felt so good.

This morning woke up and decided to do a workout along the lake. Jogged just over 2km as a warm up before doing 6 x 2 minutes hard, 1 minute easy. It was pretty tough. Definitely lost that ability to go really fast and didn’t know my limits but loved it all the same great run. Jogged it home for 8.5 it so. Again felt so good. Will definitely keep this up just to get some strength back, did some calf raises and squats last night as well.