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Taming the marathon beast...
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Tues - 4 easy miles
Wed - 9.5m with 8 steady. Have been building this midweek run for the last 3 weeks - 4, 6 then 8 at steady effort. Have noticed pace is getting a tad faster but effort staying the same so taking that as a sign of increased fitness. The pace is faster than PMP so hoping the effort on the day will feel easy peasy (well for about 18 miles anyway;)).
That's the last run of any effort before the big day for me. Throat thing reappearing since Monday (although not too bad probably because of antibiotics which finish tomorrow) and RHR a bit higher than it had been. Now its 2 weeks of running enough to tick over, getting RHR back down and getting to that start line rested and healthy. Feeling lucky to have got this far and fairly pleased with myself for judging the training load just enough to get to the start line without getting sick again
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Thur - 3.4 recovery miles then 1 hour pilates. I swear this has been my saving grace for not getting injured.
Sat - 12m easy, was very easy indeed, wasn't feeling well and considered not running at all (sinus/throat cr@p kicking in again :mad:) but headed out anyway and as usual felt grand and so much better after
Sun - 4.5 easy miles
March summary
157 miles. Includes 2 very comfortable LSRs - 19.1 and 21.7 miles - so I'm confident this is enough to get me round London in one piece.
Obviously nowhere near the training I would like to have under the belt this close to the marathon but the best I could manage under the circumstances.
Was thinking about this while running today - Jan and Feb were plagued with illness so March had been a great improvement.
I've been effectively a single-mum midweek since Christmas so midweek running takes a huge amount of juggling. Oh boy how I miss the days of heading out the door at 5.30am and getting the miles in before OH went to work - those were the days
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This stupid sinus problem has caused huge grief. Getting it sorted is a long waiting game - months away yet. In the meantime I have to be very careful about balancing training with rest. One of the symptoms is fatigue so add too much training stress to that and bang - immune system overload and infection strikes.
Anyway at least I know this now and am managing it. Running is certainly the biggest stress reliever I have and I ain't for giving it up. For now running slower will just have to do. All this and still doing London marathon absolutely rocks - bring it on
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Managed 5 runs this week although have a head cold so focus is on clearing that over the next week. All fairly short runs including 5 with 4 steady and 8 miles yesterday. RHR back down to 47 which is low for me these days (although this time last year was 43/ 44).
To say I'm excited about London is such an understatement. Absolutely can't wait Will probably only do 2 short runs this week and concentrate on rest, vit c and positive thinking 
Friend of mine is currenty running Paris (first marathon and only 16m LSR under the belt :eek:) and of course the boardsies in Manchester today are really adding to the excitement...one more week:D 0 -
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Managed 5 runs this week although have a head cold so focus is on clearing that over the next week. All fairly short runs including 5 with 4 steady and 8 miles yesterday. RHR back down to 47 which is low for me these days (although this time last year was 43/ 44).
To say I'm excited about London is such an understatement. Absolutely can't wait Will probably only do 2 short runs this week and concentrate on rest, vit c and positive thinking
Friend of mine is currenty running Paris (first marathon and only 16m LSR under the belt :eek:) and of course the boardsies in Manchester today are really adding to the excitement...one more week:D
Absolute best of luck, you so deserve a good run! Mind yourself this week and have blast! Are the family going with you?0 -
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Are ye staying in strand palace/ meeting us in coal hole afterwards??
yep staying at the strand palace so hopefully meet up with a few boardsies beforehand and follow you lot to the start line :P Coal hole afterwards for sure, mind you by the time I get there you speedsters will be in fine tune 0 -
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Wed - 4.5m easy with 2 at PMP. Not panicking yet but throat is quite sore and chest was a bit tight during this run This is the usual pattern for me and ends up with a chest infection. I can handle that but 4 days before a marathon this bloody thing can go feck itself. Hopefully a few early nights and plenty of fluids keep it from getting worse until after Sunday.
I'm gonna forget about that and focus on the positives:
- no injurues - in fact legs feeling strong and ready for action
- RHR lowest it has been all year - 45 this week
- I'm mentally ready for this - time isn't really important but a strong finish is and I've managed a strong finish at the end of long runs
- I'm a lucky so and so to have this opportunity - London marathon baby :cool:
Basic race day plan, go out with 4.15 pacers and see what happens.
Plan A - stay with them and sneak ahead in the last few miles
Plan B - stay with them and hang on to cross the line with them
Plan C - a PB (4.27 from DCM 12)
Plan D - get a medal at all costs :eek:0 -
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great positive vibes here guys, much appreciated Did a few slow miles this morning then pilates class. Felt ok then but tbh have been feeling crap for most of the day. Not too bad now thankfully so I really think I'll be better tomorrow and feeling fantastic (well maybe thats a stretch ) by sunday morning. Nothing but r&r between now then.
Got my charity running vest this morning (thought I should raise a few quid as I haven't bothered in other races) and am packing now - so excited The support on here is unreal so thank you so anyone who has been following my misadventures. There is no buzz like the marathon - I'm absolutely addicted - yes, I know - concentrate on shorter distances, speed, blah, blah bah...for me life's too short - the 26.2 is what its all about - can't wait to get that medal on sunday 0 -
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