Positive associations abound SB! Running days are the best!
My confidence was somewhat restored this morning [well lunchtimeish] track session. I didn't get out til 12:30 when it was lovely and sunny, mega windy though.
After a jog round to the Post Office to pick up my stetson for tomorrow night, I pottled down along the canal to the legendary Mile End stadium. One and a bit 10 min miles, and not even that easy as I take a long time to get going, like 6 miles!
The plan [yes Ten there is one] was a pyramid session with hard efforts just from 1 - 3 mins, with the same recovery except for 5 mins at halfway before the 2nd 3 mins.
With these recoveries [and possibly the wind assistance on the home straight!], I managed between 7:15 & 7:40 pace, and I am SO HAPPY with that after the pacing non event that was my progression run in the park.
Pootled back home and had pumpkin soup, salmon, spring greens with spicey mushrooms on top, teff bread that I made, the sort you could break windows with, some baby toms, and an apple.
Cool to see Bo D and Emma C back, and with exciting plans. Work is such a nightmare for me as well right now, needlessly so in my view, and it's so annoying when I don't have time to catch up and sign up to our challenges.
Now this mileage comp is interesting. As I'm going with the Less is More approach it is perhaps the wrong message for me, as I will have to take up ultras to boost my tally after VLM and WPFG.
And I do feel that the 3 - 4 hour category is very broad. At least we have a separate one for Choisty! Just a hunch but I think we should have a 3-3:50, then a 3:51-3:59:59. I would bet that at least 3 here present will fall into the later in 2013.
So how does it work if we do more than one marathon next year? Is it the best time that counts?
Hi RRR - I have entered but will not be doing Reading Half this year, for the first time since i took up running. I love Reading, and in the past 2 years I have conquered the dual carriageway bigtime, and have stormed the hairpin. It is totally all in the mind past 10 miles at Reading - despondency can set in given the bleak and hopeless nature of the end game.
Bristol sounds good, when is it?
Ten I meant to say that Oakley is perfectly placed for me in terms of being 4 weeks out from London, but to do it I'd have to give up Coniston, and that is not going to happen!
What's all this run Britain link business? I've never logged mileage on there. They seem to add most of my races automatically - as I said before I need to have an in person tutorial when I meet up with some of you who are well versed.
