Another week and a few more miles on the clock….

Marathon T

Another week has now passed and I have managed another few runs…

Weds: 19 miles - 2:48:10.
I had a great run last Wednesday on the long route I have used before. Wasn’t really taking any notice of the time, decided to just run as I felt comfortable (as it was going to be so far). The outward leg was comfortable at 9:16/mile pace (it is all uphill on the way out) and coming home was much better at 8:40/mile (downhill). My legs actually felt ok as I hit the finish straight, although as I cooled down I could feel my quads tightening up…The final 7 miles of the Marathon are definitely going to be the tough ones (which has to be considered for worlds most obvious statement)…

Thurs: 2.5 miles – 19:30
With no adverse affects from the previous night I went for a gentle run around the block on Thursday. Loosened up the legs and made sure everything was ok.

Fri – rest

Sat: 6.9 miles – 53:20
Really enjoyable run, I decided to go a bit off-plan and run a course I had not tried before. It involved a number of hills and a couple of detours (as I realised I hadn’t gone far enough when I got to a specific turning). But ended up about the right distance and time for me, and a route I will definitely use again (reached max speed of 14.5mph at one point – think that’s my land speed record).

Sun: an hours surfing (let’s call it cross-training).
Surfing is much easier when you are fit (a contender for second most obvious statement of the year)!

Mon: The rowing challenge
I am sad to report my abject failure on the 20 mins rowing challenge. The challenge is to row over 5000m in 20 mins on the Concept II set to level 8. I managed 5000m in 20:09, and left a beaten man.

I am also going for a run tonight – around 6 - 8 miles at a gentle pace.

And that was my week….Looks like Marathon B has managed to get a team from work of enthusiastic runners together to run the Jersey Marathon (in relay)..So, I am now trying to calculate what time I need to average to beat them – the thought of Marathon B taking the final leg and passing me within sight of the line will be a recurring nightmare until the race day…

Keep it up MoFo's...

Marathon T