WEEK Six & Seven (Jan 30- Feb 12) 2011 London Marathon Training

The last two weeks pretty good, however, I did miss my first day of the entire program. As a result I was able to do my longest run I have ever, 15 miles, strongly; because I did so well, I didn’t beat myself up too badly about the short run I missed. I did this long run along the canal in the old Roman city of Bath which was beautiful! Here are some pics of the trail, very pretty!

The weather has been hit or miss and I have had to run twice this week on the treadmill, which I hate! It feels so unnatural and I am always really sore after wards. I have also managed to burse one of my toe nails on my long run last week, not sure how I did this. I am sure there will be more battle wounds with this training program.

This Sunday I have my first official half marathon, in Windsor where I ran my last race which was a 10k. I have two co-workers joining me. They are considerably faster than I so they won’t be running in the same race, but it will be good to have the support.

With only 7 weeks to go, I am really looking forward to race day! Below is a recap of my last 2 weeks...

Week Six:

·         Monday - rest

·         Tuesday – 4 x 800m fast

·         Wednesday – Slow 6 miles

·         Thursday – Brisk 3 miles (8:57 – 8:37)

·         Friday - Rest

·         Saturday – Easy 4 miles

·         Sunday – Slow 13 miles (ran to Richmond and back)

Week Seven:

·         Monday Rest

·         Tuesday – Hills x 9 (treadmill – yuck!)

·         Wednesday – Slow 7 miles

·         Thursday – Steady 6 miles

·         Friday Rest

·         Saturday – Slow 15

·         Sunday – Easy 4 miles (missed)