sinj's running foolishness 2007

Today is the big day - Twenty miles. Weather warnings have been out and we were expecting sleet, snow and strong winds. Well, one out of three isn't bad  - it was very windy but still sunny in the morning when we did our run.

3 hours and 5 mins for (at least) 20 miles - very happy. The last 3 miles were tough, which is what you would expect, given that it is new territory for me.

Very happy with progress and the fact that I appear to be "back on the bike"...

Quick plod on the treadmill. Surprisingly straightfoward after Sunday's 20. 40 minutes at fixed pace. I find these sessions useful only for trying to guage what a steady pace is.

My treadmill sessions are usually at 12 km/hr and my target marathon pace is slower than this - so I like to get a feel for this and then ease slightly under it for outdoor sessions so I am very comfortable on the LSRs.

On a real high at the moment knowing that I have broken the back of my training plan ;)

Hilly route through Richmond park with Roger. Legs heavy after all the miles mounting up over the last week. Will be glad of my day off on Friday!

Lighter weekend too ahead with just an 8 and a 12 on my program. Can't believe I think a 12 mile run is light!!!!!

went to football on Thursday (too risky - definitely the last time before the race) so decided to do my 5m today. Did a treadmill run and introduced lots of incline intervals which made it more interesting (and tougher) than usual. Still stuck to 8m pace.

40m

a frosty run this afternoon. Very chilly, but i have a lovely new Nike windcheater jacket thing which is great. Three runs on the trot over the weekend is going to be hard. I also (boo hiss) had a beer at lunchtime *before* my run which is a stupid idea and I could definitely feel the effect (probably 50% psychological!)

1hr 18min.