Week 4 - Trying to find the time.......
Week 4 - 23rd Jan - 29th Jan '06
Finding the time is proving the biggest challenge... Going away skiing for the weekend, whilst obviously cool, doesn't really help in the training for a Marathon!! The plan was to get a long run in during the week as well as two shorter runs. In the end, I only completed two runs all week...
Run 1 - 4 miles
Ran four miles on a treadmill right after work. Feeling guilty already. the run itself felt OK though.
Run 2 - 8.1miles @ 4.30am in Paddington!
I flaked on running on Tuesday night and ended up hanging out with my brother in law for the evening (Man U on the box).. so it meant I only had one window of opportunity left : waking up at 4.30am on Wednesday morning and doing the long run then!!
I decided to stay over at Priya & Preeth's place. The alarm went off at 4.30am.. I was so tired.. but I knew I had to do it. And - AMAZINGLY - I did it!! I got up, got changed and got out there. It was pretty deadsville although Edware Road was amazingly sprightly. I headed up Edware Road back toward my familiar haunt of West Hampstead. I got fairly knackered about half-way but I literally had no option but to keep going and run back again! I was spurred by the fact that I actually got up and was running before work... I made it back to P&P's flat by 6:05. I was thrilled that I got through it and half of my pleasure was the relief that I actually did some running on a week when I was struggling to find the time...
Run3 & Run 4.. ahem... Cross-training
Had a great weekend skiing.. "cross-training" for my marathon!!
Finding the time is proving the biggest challenge... Going away skiing for the weekend, whilst obviously cool, doesn't really help in the training for a Marathon!! The plan was to get a long run in during the week as well as two shorter runs. In the end, I only completed two runs all week...
Run 1 - 4 miles
Ran four miles on a treadmill right after work. Feeling guilty already. the run itself felt OK though.
Run 2 - 8.1miles @ 4.30am in Paddington!
I flaked on running on Tuesday night and ended up hanging out with my brother in law for the evening (Man U on the box).. so it meant I only had one window of opportunity left : waking up at 4.30am on Wednesday morning and doing the long run then!!
I decided to stay over at Priya & Preeth's place. The alarm went off at 4.30am.. I was so tired.. but I knew I had to do it. And - AMAZINGLY - I did it!! I got up, got changed and got out there. It was pretty deadsville although Edware Road was amazingly sprightly. I headed up Edware Road back toward my familiar haunt of West Hampstead. I got fairly knackered about half-way but I literally had no option but to keep going and run back again! I was spurred by the fact that I actually got up and was running before work... I made it back to P&P's flat by 6:05. I was thrilled that I got through it and half of my pleasure was the relief that I actually did some running on a week when I was struggling to find the time...
Run3 & Run 4.. ahem... Cross-training
Had a great weekend skiing.. "cross-training" for my marathon!!
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