10k PB 36:43, but a terrible fortnight

Mon: Rest
Tue: Massage with Tiger and 10k @ 5:11 - feeling dead - was supposed to be threshold run but body not cooperating.
Wed: Feeling like sickness coming on so had a day off.
Thu: 10k @4:49. Not quite feeling 100%.
Fri: Rest
Sat: 10k PB in 36:43 (a 48 sec PB from last week) at the Sydney 10 at Homebush.

I had felt really lethargic like I had the flu all week and the warm up was terrible and felt laboured. I was disappointed as the plan was to go for sub 37 to make the most of the current fitness in the last race before GCM.

The first k which is a nice long slight downhill surprisingly didn't feel to bad and I was surprised to run it in 3:26. I went through 2k in 7:03 and was feeling OK. Amazing. It must have been the enforced rest during the week. The next 3k were all done in 3:40-3:41 pace which had me half way in 18:06 (27 secs faster than 5k PB of 6 weeks ago). The final 5k was pretty uneventful other than giving it everything and maintaining ~3:45 pace. Looking back at the splits, it was really an amazingly even split race and I don't think I could have gone any faster on the day.'

Sun: 0k. I was planning an out and back on the Nosh course - no racing - just wanted to take it easy and not overdo the hard racing. 6 races in the past 6 weeks and 6 PB's was enough. Unfortunately for my long run, I unexpectedly needed to look after my nephew on Sat evening and all day Sunday.  Leaving 3 kids with Mrs Hamburglar was not really an option. No problem I told myself, I will just do my long run on Tuesday to catch up...

Total for the week: 33k

Mon: rest
Tue: 16k @ 5:10 - up to North Head.  Felt awful and decided to cut it short.
Wed: 7k in 4:52 - yep definitely sick. Lungs full of crap. Turnaround and go home.
Thu: Another rest hoping to get the long run in on Fri.
Fri: rest. Lungs still crap. Made myself rest.
Sat: 5 days without Mrs Hamburglar (in Singapore) means 24 hours a day dad and virtually no running till next Tuesday. Snuck out for a stroller run 11k.
Sun: no run.

Total: 34k
Was planning two big weeks and got nothing. No long runs, no key sessions. And this was meant to be the crescendo of the training??? Ironically I had the run of my life right in the middle and was contemplating a revised marathon target. This week's lack of training has meant the end of that train of thought. Just focusing on sub 3 now. I will smash myself this week including a long run on Tuesday and Sunday and then have two weeks taper. Hopefully not too much harm done. *deep breath*