Its Taper time

Final jog before the Marathon.

Just 3 miles, supposeedto be quite slow but went a bit fast - felt ok.
Didn't feel as if I would be able to do another 23miles when I finished.

Probably ready for the day now.
A bit worried that we seem to be getting a mini heatwave, but fingers crossed.

Expo

Went up to London today to collect running number.

Briefly - it went like this ........

Pick up Daughter from college,
Drive to Woking,
Pay £5 to park - then realise it won't cover the time required,
Have to buy another new ticket for £7.50 to cover the time required,

Train to Waterloo - getting off, the sliding doors shut on my head.
Underground and DLR to Excel Expo.
Shauna gets lots of free stuff posing as runner.
I get free beer.

Back to Waterloo.
Buy burgers costing £10.38, pay with £11, get £8.55 change - take food and leave quickly.

Eat in Jubilee Gardens, sitting in the sunshine.
A bit of site seeing.

Train and car back home.

Cough and wheeze

I've had a really chesty cough since Sunday and have been unable to run.
Thats a break of 5 days.

Its Wed today and I had to venture out.
4.5miles over the woods nice and steady.
I really enjoyed it, saw plenty of squirrels, rabbits and 3 dear. Thank god I didn't take the dog as I wouldn't have got very far without loosing her.

Chest was a bit tight but not too bad.
I'll keep taking the medicine!

Bagshot Bike

Ran to Bagshot and back with Shannon on her bike.

Quite quick - as Shannon was always upfront, but nice run.

4.5m

Dover Break

Went to Dover for a long weekend this Easter.

Legs still a bit tired after Fleet, but some lovely flat areas to jog.
Took in one run along Shakespear beach which was hard work.

4 runs in 5 days
totalling 17.5m all pretty easy stuff but nice.
Shannon cycled with me a couple of times as well.

Friday I took everyone to Brands Hatch to watch a bit of the Bikes in free practice - rained all the time though.

Only day I didn't run was on the bank holiday Monday when I went to Brands to watch the BSB racing.

Nice weekend.

Oh Dear

Legs heavy, knackered.

Faster than training has taken its toll.
4.7m
46mins
143 avg bpm

really tired this week

Fleet Half

First run for a year with a number pinned on, with plans to do sub 2hr.

13.1m
1hr 58mins
161 avg bpm

found the pace good and reasonably easy to maintain once I remembered how to run a bit faster.

Happy

Slow Trouble

All my training has been done at a slow steady pace - building stamina and mileage.

Trouble is I'll end up struggling to do the marathon in under 5hrs.

This sunday I'll try and do a 2hr half and see how it goes.

4.5m quite fast - for me
43mins
148 avg bpm

Half a Practice

Slow steady run - A30 again.

13.2m
2hrs 10mins
Avg 147 bpm

nice run

A30 Long Run

Plodded down the A30 today, and then back (obviously).

Very slow.

16m
3hrs
avg bpm158

Actually enjoyed it - but even small hills were hard work.

Lack of Enthusiasm

I am still jogging 2 or 3 times a week, I just can't be bothered to blog much.

Everytime I log on I seem to end up on facebook - usually wasting my time on silly games.

Did some hill training today.
Jogged to Gibbet Lane, then ran up as fast as I could, jog down to recover.
about 6 times and I was spent.

Good workout

Goal Achieved : )

and so back to work.

Over the last 3 weeks I've managed to run 1 mile for each alcoholic drink I've had.
Thats not bad seeing as it covered a family wedding, xmas and new year.

I reckon about 30 to 35 miles with equal drinks.

Ice run

Very cold today.
Went for a run at 12:30ish as it was at its warmest all day, about +2C.

7.1m
1hr 8mins
159 avg bpm

cold but a nice run, lower calves a bit tight.