I thought I would enter my training plans for the week (7.3.11) - just to give an update of how things are going.With 33 more days till the marathon, I reckon I have roughly 20 - 25 runs left in me. That's a positive estimate, accounting for 10 ish rest days (2 a week), so I need to be focused now.
Yesterday I completed 16 miles and it hurt. After having 3 weeks off for the India trip, I paid for it. I actually bought a running magazine last week when I was in London, hoping to find lots of encouraging articles about marathons. One piece of advice said that if you miss a substantial amount of training, do NOT try to get back to where you were before, otherwise injuries will follow. As i sit here and notice the few niggles in my left ankle, maybe I should have followed that advice?
Another good article in the magazine helped the runner to predict their marathon time. I tend not to trust these things but this one seemed fairly scientific. By multiplying your best 10k time (average over 3 runs) by a figure they had worked out which was dependent on age, it gave you an approximate time for the marathon. What interested and pleased me was that ages 35 - 45 had the same figure to multiply by (4.62 if you want to try it). So the next time Andrew says he has 10 years on me, officially i can say it makes no difference for a marathon. Lovely.
So that is my saddo running bit done. I've decided to run from the office today as it's not fair on the boys to get back home and then head straight out. Also trying to leave the house when Sam is there has got impossible, this morning he tied me to the stairs to stop me going to work!
Here is my training schedule (7.3.11), have a good week.
Yesterday I completed 16 miles and it hurt. After having 3 weeks off for the India trip, I paid for it. I actually bought a running magazine last week when I was in London, hoping to find lots of encouraging articles about marathons. One piece of advice said that if you miss a substantial amount of training, do NOT try to get back to where you were before, otherwise injuries will follow. As i sit here and notice the few niggles in my left ankle, maybe I should have followed that advice?
Another good article in the magazine helped the runner to predict their marathon time. I tend not to trust these things but this one seemed fairly scientific. By multiplying your best 10k time (average over 3 runs) by a figure they had worked out which was dependent on age, it gave you an approximate time for the marathon. What interested and pleased me was that ages 35 - 45 had the same figure to multiply by (4.62 if you want to try it). So the next time Andrew says he has 10 years on me, officially i can say it makes no difference for a marathon. Lovely.
So that is my saddo running bit done. I've decided to run from the office today as it's not fair on the boys to get back home and then head straight out. Also trying to leave the house when Sam is there has got impossible, this morning he tied me to the stairs to stop me going to work!
Here is my training schedule (7.3.11), have a good week.
Mon | Tues | Wed | Thur | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
Planned | 16 miles | 4 miles | 10k | 10k | Rest | 20 miles | 4 - 6 miles slow |
Completed | 1 hr 56 | 30 mins slow pace | Rest | 43 | Rest | 3:15 | Rest |
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