It’s a rest day today but I felt I had to write about this. My current running shoes are over the 500 mile mark which generally means they need to be replaced. Shoes are not cheap. In trying to save money I found my shoes (Asics Gel 1140) on Sports Direct.com. They were only £38 [...]
Archive of entries posted on February 2010
Marathon Training Day 14
Long run Sunday: 8 miles, slow pace, easy peasy, lemon squeezy. I didn’t meet as many runners today as I did last Sunday. I suppose the drizzly cold weather may be putting some off and hoping it’ll clear later on. Rest day tomorrow. It makes me love Mondays. Lazy Sunday now. Off to Asda for [...]
Marathon Training Day 13
It’s Saturday, which, from here on out, for the most part, means four very easy miles. We’re talking 10:35-10:55 speed: very slow, nearly walking. It is certainly nice not to face an ultra hard session on a Saturday morning. I may not blog every Saturday since it will be the same mileage and pace. I [...]
Marathon Training Day 11
Good evening. Another cold one out there. Today I ran a mile warm up at easy pace; two miles at ‘brisk’ (9:08-8:48) pace; and another mile cool down at easy pace again. I’ll be honest, the old legs are feeling a bit tired so I’m looking forward to rest day tomorrow and very easy four [...]
Marathon Training Day 10
Oh…my…God it’s bloody cold out there. I ran home from work today: five miles at slow pace but it’s very hilly. In the first mile it began to snow. It wasn’t horrible; in fact it was kind of pretty. Mumford and Sons ‘Winter Winds’ had just finished and ‘Little Lion Man’ had just come on. [...]
Marathon Training Day 9
Today was the first speed work session of the programme. I started with a mile jog at slow pace to warm up. I ran 1.5 miles at fast pace (8:46-8:26 per mile) then a half mile jog at very easy pace (i.e. to recover my heart rate and breathing) then repeated both laps. I finished [...]
Marathon Training Day 7
It’s Sunday, so that means long run. First long(ish) run of the programme today: 7 miles at 10:23 per mile. I started out at the slowest end of the pacing range of 10:38-10:18 per mile as I haven’t run this long for a while and was worried the pace might get to me after a [...]
Marathon Training Day 5
I just got back from a very easy three-mile run at 10:34 per mile. I decided to swap today’s rest day for tomorrow’s run. Since I had to swap things around earlier in the week I didn’t want to have two days between runs. It’s fantastic weather out there for once. Temperature is 8 or [...]
Marathon Training Day 3
First quick pace run of the programme this morning: two miles at ‘brisk’ pace between 9:11 and 9:31 per mile. I ended up doing it at 9:24 per mile. Steady, or Tempo, runs like these are actually my favourite. The first mile or so is often difficult but then by about two to two-and-a-half miles [...]
Marathon Training Day 2
Well, I ran home tonight: four miles slow. I did it at 10:32 per mile. It was quite difficult this evening primarily because it is quite hilly between work and home but also the lower fitness level is possibly catching up to me today. It’s a two mile brisk (9.20) run bright and early 7.00am [...]