Been a bit naughty!

I got told off that I had not updated the blog. I thought no bugger was reading it as no one was leaving any comments! (hint hint)

Training has been ok. I took Lisa to NY last week for her birthday and once again I pulled my left hamstring whilst dragging the cases. I aimed to run at the hotel but I ended up resting it. We got back on the 15th Feb and I ran 11 miles on the saturday and 20 on the sunday.

This week it has gone well:

Tuesday= 7 miles
Wednesday= 11 miles
Friday= 4 miles
Saturday= 21 miles
Sunday=10 miles
TOTAL=53 miles

So thats it! My last long run was Saturday. Its tapering time now. The idea is to get to the start line fully rested but not having lost any fitness so I wil begin this week to cut the mileage. I aim to do about 40 miles this week.

8 weeks to go

Last week I was skiing and did not do a lot of running. I counted that as my easy week. this week I did:

Tuesday= 4 miles @8.42 pace
Wednesday=20 miles @ 10.40 pace
Friday= 7 miles @ 8.20 pace
Saturday=5 miles @ 8.09 pace
Sunday= 5 miles @ 9.00 pace
TOTAL= 42 miles

Got my competitor number this week as well. I am no.683 so now its really real!!

9 Weeks to go.

This week I felt on fire! The Hamstring problem seems to have settled down and I have run the following:

Tuesday= 7 miles @ 9.43 pace
Wednesday= 4 miles @ 8.32 pace
Thursday= 5 miles @ 8.21 pace
Friday= 12 miles @ 10.13 pace
Saturday= 20 miles @ 10.57 pace
Total=48 miles

Although my long run on Saturday was slightly slower than last Sundays long run I am putting this down to me doing 12 the day before.

10 weeks to go.

Runs this week:

Tuesday=7 miles
Wednesday=9.5 miles
Thursday=5 Miles (Threshold)
Sunday=20 miles (Mark Southgate dropped me off after work at Hatfield Peveral and I run home. Satelite image here)
TOTAL=41.5 Miles

Left Hamstring is once again hurting today so I will just do some core training today and give running a miss.

11 Weeks to go

Easy week this week again.

Tuesday= 5M easy
Wednesday=5M easy
Thursday=4MFartlek
Friday=4.5M Threshold pace (7.05 min miles Bloody good!!!!!)
Saturday- Pack run 17M
TOTAL= 35.5 Miles

Just worked out my training program right up until I go....Bloody scary!!

Up to Xmas eve

This week has been a nightmare. Did the following:

Tuesday=11 miles
Wednesday=5 miles
Thursday= 5 miles

The rest of the week I had a stinking cold so had to lay off training. Missed out on the long run this week which is a bit of a pain.

Dec 17th

I had planned to have Sunday and Monday off after the long walk but I ended up having Tuesday off as well. My left hamstring was seriously aching and I did not think it was wise to run on it yet. I did not run Friday as time ran away with me because I was sorting out a new car.

Wednesday= 5 miles Treadmill
Thursday= 5 miles
Sunday=20 miles (pack run)

TOTAL=30 miles

I had planned to do 25 miles on sunday but the hamstring started playing up again. I have added another 1.5K to my rucksack so I now run with 10K of cat litter around Essex!