Month: October 2014

Damned if I do…

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….and I did!   Well done Winnie and Candy for having boundless energy unlike me!

Training Schedule said 4 miles to do tonight.  Thankfully my late night work appointment in Edinburgh had been cancelled and resulted in me being home and ready to run just after 5…   and still light outside was a total bonus!

It definitely looked like rain so I wrapped up in a wind proof top (I call it the sweating jacket) and long leggings.  Just as well as it was chilly leaving the house.

I drove over to the dams, let the dogs off the lead and ran out and back 2 miles.  Mile 1 I felt invincible : pace 8:45 was much faster than I thought possible and mile 2 (slightly downhill) was faster still… the return up the hill was inevitably slow and I was glad of some thumping Daft Punk to motivate me back to the road.  I put the dogs on the lead after a sprint up the last hill and welcomed the long stream of traffic allowing me to get my breath back!

Steady jog back to the car and an overall pace of 9:11 – slightly slower than yesterday but further so I’ll take it!

And… the weather was most pleasant – it blew through a wee bit of rain but was mostly dry just a bit blustery.. Result!

October 22

October 22

I do run run run, I do run run!

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Yeah finally its happening…  I like a few false starts (only when it comes to training!) and I had sinusitis and ear ache with dizziness for a couple of weeks so I thought it was best to put off the training for the marathon until I stopped feeling like the room was spinning – much safer for road running!

So I did it… I googled many Marathon training plans, I toyed with the idea of being “Experienced” rather than novice, but since I’ve only done 1 marathon I chastised myself and went back to the novice plan…   Strictly I should need only 16 weeks but they recommend being a 20 mile a week runner before you start so I’m 25 weeks out from the BIG DAY!

Brighton Marathon 12 April 2015 here I come!

Tonight I laughed in the face of (EX-)Hurricane Gonzalo and went out boldly – ok it wasn’t that hard, the sky had become blue again but there was a cold and gusty wind with which to contend!

Candy and Winnie were overjoyed when I put my trainers on – they’ve been rather bored just going for short walks to the park to chase a ball for the last couple of weeks when I was feeling poorly.

So… 3 miles done!

Oct 21 2014 Strava