Week 3+4/16- London marathon training
Week 3 and 4 have all been about avoiding getting wet as much as possible. I've still managed to complete all my runs inbthe plan which is a bonus. Long runs for these two weeks have been 23km and 22km so slowly getting the distance in the legs. Week 4 long run was about testing a race strategy for next weeks Llanelli half marathon, hoping for a sub 1.35 but happy with anything below 1.40. Its all about london at the end of the day!!!Week 2/16- London marathon training
Week started much better this week, dry and not so cold. Had to do my first couple of runs this week at 6am due to home and work commitments, this was tough but got a 6k easy and a 10k progression run done. Wednesday was a rest day and Thursday was an treadmill 8k easy run as it was biblically raining (not so easy because it was so hot in the gym). Wrapped up the 2nd week of training with a 19k long run mostly easy pace but with 5k at marathon goal pace. Felt really good this week!!Week 1/16- London marathon training
Opened the curtains on day 1 feeling really positive about starting the training plan, low and behold the weather was not on my side, snow was on the ground and it was freezing. Still managed to get the 5km done on day 1. As the week went on the ice and snow eventually thawed, by the long run (16km) on friday the snow had disappeared and it was almost perfect running conditions. 39km completed, on target for week 1. Looking forward to week 2, Weather is looking slightly warmer but a lot wetter.Support my challenge
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