Another week nearly done, they are flying by :O Training 5 times a week is extremely time consuming but so far so good. Being used to training for the Great North Run late in the year emphasises how early in the year the marathon really is!
Incidentally we learned this week that neither I nor Martin have gained places in the GNR ballot :-(
However, undeterred I have had another great week of training, managing a speed & hills session on Monday with club, a 7 mile steady run on Wednesday, again with club, and week 3 of my distance training course was again another fantastic session. I had been apprehensive of the subject matter of this weeks session, long tempo, erm...long tempo? Well it turned out that Mick had calculated what our pace should be in accordance of what race we are training for, so mine being London, mine was marathon pace, jogging down to Gain Lane and then setting off towards Woodhall Lane (big downhill!), the plan was to keep the set pace and after 35 minutes turn around and go back i.e 35 minutes there and 35 minutes back. I had thought there was no way I would get down to the bottom of Woodhall Lane in that time, however, sadly mistaken I was at the New Inn in Calverley before the time came to turn round and go back up the big hill! I surprised myself by getting back to the start point in 72 minutes. Just 2 minutes outside the set time! I had also not faired too badly with the minutes per mile either! Result!
Fundraising hasn't really taken off despite my efforts but I still have a few tricks up my sleeve so fingers crossed! Apparently I need to wait until my Justgiving page catches fire!
So to finish off this week I have club run this evening, REST on Saturday (yay!)and a field trip to Silsden on Sunday, with the intention of running back along the canal to Rodley - just over 14 miles apparently. Bring it on......
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