GNR first time running it

MTViking good luck to you glad to hear your training is going well hope you get your sub 2

Going to do 3 mile tonight, i normally do 2 x 4 mile runs in the week and a LSR on a weekend but........ Im tired, i didnt sleep great last night, my legs ache from my last 2 runs and TBH i feel like just going home getting a shower and havin my tea and falling to sleep on the couch!  If i hadnt already missed so much training i would do what i want BUT with less than six weeks to go....

I will do just over 3 mile and a 8 1/2 mile on the weekend

Had a rest day yesterday and have 8 to do today and then i expect I’ll go out with the O/H on Saturday to keep her company as she has 9 to do

Barney well done you for not giving in and getting out there we’ve all been there at some point so easy to say sod it and serum to a case of CBA

.... I ended up doing 4 miles.  Differnt route than i have been doing since i moved house.  I enjoyed it and glad i did the 4 instead of the 3 i planned on doing, my legs do feel it today thou.

Well ended up doing 8 on the treadmill as it was chucking it down here today while watching Kung Fu Panda on DVD the O/H has 10 miles to do tomorrow so the plan at the moment is to run down to the park run do the park run and then run home taking in a loop of the docks

Afternoon all

Well 10 miles done with O/H we ran down to our local park run did  the park run then a big loop to finish the mileage off she did al right until about mile 8 and then she struggle  a bit

morning all

well may try another 8 today as i only have a couple of week full training left before the taper leading up to the GNR have 13 to do on Friday then will go out with O/H all being well on Saturday as she has 11 miles to do

Did 8-3/4 miles yesterday and TBH thats the longest i have ran for months.... I would like to do 9 1/2 - 10mile this sunday coming but will see how my midweek runs go 1st.

Under 4 weeks now....

 (sh1t)

Well 8 miles done today no idea how fast as battery died in my Gramin have received my race pack today only to find my name is spelt wrong they have me  as AALN oh such is life

Just 3 for me today then may well cycle to work as the wife needs the car tonight or may be lazy and get her to take me and then just walk home

Morning all            

Well home safe and sound in the end was lazy got the wife to take me in and then walked home gym session for me today

well the gym sessions not going to happen got up to late will have to do it tomorrow or may count the 3 mile walk home this morning as training done

I went out on Monday night to the pub and had a few pints.... and a late night for me!  It was touch and go if  i went out last night for my run.  In the end i did and thought i would do 2 mile and ended up doing 3mile with the last mile fast (for me), even thou it wasnt the normal 4mile i would of done i was pleased in the end i did the 3mile. 

Thursday's my next run...

have a rest day today with 13 on Friday

Afternoon all

Perfect running weather down here today overcast and cool should have done 13 miles but for the first time in weeks the run felt easy

 i had already decided to run the route i use when training for Brighton as the first 9 miles takes you away from home which i thought was a good idea as i have struggled at the end of the last few runs and the route i normally use takes me to close to home and the temptation to knock it on the head if it was going badly would be to great

I got to mile 10 and as i still felt alright in myself instead of turning for home decided to run along the docks and come back that way thinking it was about the same distance which proved to b e a sight miss calculation on my part as by the time i got to the end of the docks i had done 11.5 and it was still about 2 miles from home

any way run was still feeling good buy the time i got to mile 13.5 but to get home from there meant going up a steep hill which to be honest i didn’t fancy so came back the slightly longer way through our local woods which is flatter and finishing at the bottom of a path that i use as a stopping point on my 8 miles runs as it leads up and out of the woods and comes out more or less at the bottom of my road i use the walk as a cool down

in the end i ended up doing 15 miles the whole thing took 2:27:14 with an Avg pace of 9:46 which i was pleased about as i was aiming to keep the pace in the 9,s hand one disappointing 11m/m don’t know what happen there

out with the O/H tomorrow to keep her company as she has 12 to do

Evening all

Well what a wonderful day for a run just back after going out with the O/H on her LSR she had 11 to today so we decided to use our 3 mile loop around the docks as it a nice run with plenty of toilets available

we started off really well and she was maintaining the walk 5 run 5 that she intends to use for Brighton really well and so we decided that as the day was just about perfect and it was a bank holiday which meant plenty of rest time that we would try 13.1 miles as she running the Cricklade H/M in October to see if she could do the distance and give her that mental boost of knowing she could

happy to report the 13.1 miles was achieved in a time of 3:30:03 with an Avg pace of 15:5 m/m which is a vast improvement on last week’s 10 mile run which only had an Avg pace of 17:10 m/m and she managed to keep up her run 5 walk 5 all the time

Did a 9 miler on Saturday..... then went and had a tattoo done on my ribs!  I did mean to get out on the push bike sunday or monday but didnt in the end and i didnt make it out on tuesday either!!  Tonight im out thou, it feels like agaes since i ran even thou i have only missed one run really!

Nice and steady 4 mile tonight and im hoping to do 10 mile this sunday.

Barney hope the tattoo not to sore i have started tapering down and have just done two 3 miles runs and a 4 mile run all of which have been done on the treadmill as i am currently breaking in a new pair of running shoes have 7 tomorrow and then it's my last full week of training  next week

Cheers toby3...Hope the running shoes are ok, you got more balls than me getting new shoes this close to race day or are they the same as your old ones?

Did the 4 mile last night, it was ok.  I will deffo do at least 9...hopefully 10 mile on sunday.

Afternoon all

Well 7 miles done today bit happy with the pace the whole run took 1:06:14 with an Avg pace of 9:00 m/m pace

Barney not that brave these our only for training i have a pair of the old type running shoes i use only for races