Training 24.10.07

Evening all, well after a chest infection for the last week and a half or so, training has been a little disjointed in April, but back on track tonight. Despite not feeling 100% fit still, managed to do a little 6 mile run in around 48 mins, but only with around 3kgs on the back. Still not too bad, and can definately feel that my stamina is getting better. I now think of 6/7 milers as fairly easy/light runs, so good news. Anyway the plan is to keep going with two 6-8 milers per week, and then a longer 13 mile run on a Sunday. That should be a minimum of around 25-29 miles a week, which I'll carry on doing from April to the end of June. From June-August, I'll be uping this to two 10-12 mile runs a week, with a 14-16 mile run on a Sunday. This should get me up 34-38 miles a week. Then from September to December I'll up this again, doing two 12-14 mile runs twice weekly, with an 18-20 miles run on a sunday, so that will be 42-48 miles a week. This should get me to marathon fitness by the end of the year... and then from next year onwards, I'll up the training nights to 4-5, with some cross-training and walking. My mate has just done this year's marathon des sables, and he says its vey important to walk as well as do running. Laters folks!

Training 10.04.07

Hey one and all... well just me at the moment! Been away for a little while on holiday and a couple more runs down the line. Did one run in Thailand, thought it would be nice to see what it's going to be like in the desert. Went for a run on the sand for about half and hour and it's tough going, but enjoyable nonetheless.

Last Saturday I did a nine mile run, which was really good as it had lots of ups and downs (hills basically)... so completed that in about 1h 10 mins.

And then tonight, did a quick 8 mile run in around 1hour 3 mins, with quite a heavy backpack on as well... so decided to push it a bit harder tonight. So training all going fairly well... just need to make sure I keep this thing up to date!

Speak soon one and all...