A Christmas Run and not much else

So my training hasn't quite been going according to plan then. Mind you, when has it ever? But i'm still feeling confident about the whole London Marathon thing. I've had quite a few coughs and colds recently and used them as a bit of an excuse not to run to be honest, although i'm paranoid that if I do train while ill that i'll just have the cold for longer.

I still managed to go out for a run though, in aid of the Farleigh Hospice and dressed as Santa. It was quite a surreal morning really. All around there were people dressed up as Father Christmas and wherever you looked you could see still more arriving from all corners of Central Park in Chelmsford.

Having not run in a couple of weeks I was slightly nervous but the fact that it was freezing just made me more determined to finish in a quick time. Having arrived early I also managed to get to the front of the running line and as soon as the race started I kept up with the front runners for all of about twenty seconds. After that I just couldn't keep up with the 10mph pace that they had all set off at. Seeing that the course was only 2.3 miles I did manage to keep going all the way through the course, ended with a time of 23 minutes and then headed straight out to meet Siân and Rosy in order to watch Arthur Christmas.

All in all a good day, tomorrow morning I should really weigh myself and then get back into some sort of training regime again.

The Start of a Long Run

Here we are, mid November, i've completed the London to Paris bike ride, i've completed my first triathlon and now I have a Marathon to train for. The other two events were easy in comparison to this new event I have infront of me. 26.2 miles is a long way and having completed the distance twice in the past I know how hard it is going to be. The difference now though is that I am over 10 years older than when I last completed the distance so now it is going to be even harder. Foolishly, because I was lazy, I didn't really train when I completed them before and then I was able to finish in just over 5 hours. Now I have a target, my aim is to complete the course in about 4 hours, 4 and a half hours max. But how am I going to do it? I know i'm meant to do it by lots of training, but i'm not quite sure how i'm going to get the motivation to do it. Here's hoping.

No Blog = No Jog!

Well, after that last blog, detailing just what I was going to do the following week, I actually did a big fat zero. And the reason........ just plain lazy I guess. That, or I had just been doing too much previously and needed a nice lie in each day.

So here I am, 10pm on a Sunday night sitting in the lounge typing away having just completed an hour run on the treadmill in the garage. I am feeling better for it but why does my left knee always hurt towards the hour mark? I remember this happening back in the day when I was training for a marathon, so it's not a new thing, just a big pain thing. Just wish I knew some way to make it stop. 

Talking of the days gone by and marathon training, i'm definately feeling that results of these last 12 years. If  I had only kept up the training after those marathons then this would have been much easier. If I had kept up the training after those marathons then i'm pretty sure I would have a lot more marathons under my belt and this would be far easier. But then again, if I had kept up the training after those marathons then maybe my knee would be completely worn out and i'd be using a cane. I still find it hard to believe I ran those marathons and the last one with no training. My, how things have changed.

Anyway, only 30 days to go now till the 13 miler and at the moment the most I have run recently is 6 miles on a treadmill! If I can do that again on Tuesday and Thursday then I really hope that next Sunday I can do 90 minutes. At least that'll be the next step on my little quest.