Week 2 final session by leecolgate at Garmin Connect - Details

Week 2 final session by leecolgate at Garmin Connect - Details

In case it wasn't clear, by the way, these links at the top of the post (not the post title, just below that) take you through to maps showing exactly where I went on each run.  All very 'big brother' but geeky and fun at the same time.  When I start to whine about hills (and I will, trust me), you will be able to check whether they are in fact mountains or molehills.  And so on.

So I went out first thing this morning, expecting the weather to be getting progressively worse during the day and meaning I'd be less likely to bother, the longer I left it. Wrong! Was blowy as hell when I was out and now it's bright sunshine!

Whatever, this is the first time in many months that I've actually done 2 runs on consecutive days and I am feeling capable of cracking on with the full training programme. I'm choosing to assume I will get place in the London marathon next year via the ballot. There's no way I can commit to raising the kinds of minimum amount a lot of charities need to give you one of their guaranteed places and last time I took one and fell short it cost me a fortune.

If I don't I believe paying will guarantee me a place in Brighton's marathon, which is the week before. So there won't need to be too much fiddling with the training plan. I'm going to edit 2010's plan working back from next year's big day to see if I actually need to have started already on the main programme, or whether I can spend a bit more time on the preliminary build-up stuff, which is what I'm doing now. It's basically about getting to a level of fitness where I can confidently run for 30 minutes non-stop and I'm nowhere near there!