London Marathon training – week 8

I ended my last week with the aim of getting more sleep in week eight - I didn't exactly succeed. I will keep trying though. Like eating well (and enough) it's a necessity, rather than a luxury, but somehow it's always the first thing to slip when I'm busy. I need more hours in the …

London Marathon training – week 7

After a successful week six, I woke up on Monday with unreal DOMS in my calf muscles. I've never felt anything like it before! Garth's view, following Sunday's race, was "After a performance like that you can expect to suffer a little" - very sympathetic! Monday - yoga/3 miles easy/-rest The sore calves had me …

Manchester Marathon training – week 13

And just like that, I'm another week closer to the marathon. I'm really not sure how I feel about it right now. I don't think I'm looking forward to it, so that is something I am going to work on. I'm definitely looking forward to it being over, so that I can just run for …

Manchester Marathon Training – week 12

I am now two thirds of the way through my training plan. Training has been back on track for a few weeks now, and overall has been consistent, but I'm still not feeing confident about the race. I have long runs on the next three weekends so I'm hoping they go well and ease my …

Manchester Marathon Training – week 8

Week eight of training is over, which means that there are now less than ten weeks to go until the marathon. That feels terrifyingly soon and I feel in no way like I can run a sub 3:45 there. It doesn't help that I'm particularly run down right now and the thought of moving off …

Manchester Marathon training – week 6

As if I'm already a third of a way through my training plan. That definitely scares me a bit. I still have twelve weeks to go, so a good while, but a third of my training is now done and I don't feel a third ready! I'm definitely worried about my lack of long runs …

Manchester Marathon training – weeks 1 & 2

Marathon training has officially started. I’m following an 18 week plan, and started it on 3rd December, so it will (hopefully) finish on 7th April with the Manchester Marathon.  This time round I feel a little more prepared and I have a better idea of what to expect. I’ve managed to keep my training up …

Getting back to it

I didn't really have any time off over Christmas, so the Christmas and New Year period wasn't a complete break from normality, but somehow it still felt a bit different.  Now that the decorations are all down, and the festivities are well and truly over, I'm getting back into a more normal routine (and trying …

My longest run to date

Sunday just gone, I was aiming to do 12 miles, building on the 11 miles I did the week before. Since my legs were pretty tired the week before, I decided to run into Leeds city centre and back - not the most exciting run, but it meant my legs would get a little ‘break’ …