7:30 a.m. 8 miles easy. Put on few pounds from eating too much ice cream and general rubbish. Now weigh 135lbs:(
Another 8 planned for tonight. Had a great holiday but the running suffered. Time to get stuck in. The Tralee marathon website is up and so is the map of the course. Undulating with some good climbs. I know every inch of the course and I run on it everyday. More to follow...
6 p.m. 8 miles easy in the evening rain. Nice to run in the rain again. Managed to tick over on holiday but family fun got in the way of the training and my eating was pants - ate so much rubbish.
Anyway, back into the swing of things already (with a tan, I hasten to add). Left hammy's a bit tight so I'll have to just do easy/steady/progression runs until it settles. It started playing up after I did a session of 70 second efforts - I thought I was a teenage middle distance runner rather than a crumbly.
Now that the website is up and running, I'm massively excited about March's marathon. The course is tough - harder than I thought - but scenic. I'm now fretting about all the carb drink stuff you have to take and water and hitting the wall etc. What'll I be like the night before the race?
Good to be back and I've heard mention of some cookies that don't need baking... |