wel I have not lost weight
and my last two half marathons have been my slowest
so I did not enter the ballot
but the club had a place spare - scandalously only 4 people put in for the five places!
so tonight I went down there and asked if the fifth place was still free
and it was
so I now have the forms .....
and a number
so I have to start NOW
Lessons learned from last time?
- choose a plan and stick to it - last time I started on Hal Higdon's then tried to revert to base training - running every day, got injured and lost a lot of training time
- don't miss the long runs - which means don't try doing them on a Sunday - it messes up the weekend for the family
- don't think that just becasue I am running I can eat what I like - refuel properly
So this time
- Follow Hal Higdon's novice schedule but do the long runs from the intermediate - as I am already ahead of where his long runs start from
- Aim to run long runs on a Monday - it will mean running alone, but I will have to do that mostly anyway and it will not mess up family life - just have to book them in my diary NOW
- Be flexible about the days I run - I have to be to fit in with the times I work away - and this schedule has 4 days running, 1 day cross traing and 2 rest days which is realistic I think
- Eat properly and get the refuelling on long runs sorted
That will do for now .......................
all comments welcome!
especially from the professionals ( that's you, Womble)
7 comments:
WWWWWWOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO
come and stay at thistle traffy square
pricey-but he y why not
wont give training advice
not porfffesional
Hurrah to you!!!
Glad to see you appear to be relishing the challenge already!
It's going to be soooo much fun, you know what to look out for this time round and I'm sure you'll find people to run with even on mondays occasionally.
Anyway, we'll all be there running along side you virtually...
take care, get some massage appointments lined up for the next couple of months! Prevention is better than cure as they say.
Well done Beanzie!!!
I'm very very proud of you!!
:o)
I so knew you wouldn't resist!
I'll try to join you on a few short runs if I can and I'll me at M17 for you!
Just a thought ... why not speak to Spans about training. Her approach of X to be done this week and you fit it in worked well for me.
ROFLOL
This post just made my day Beanz
:o)
Good for you - can't believe that the club had a spare place - that has to be a first!!!!!!
So - Will see you there then
:-D
Ntl refused my mail so you have work mail!!
Whoohooo. You can do it Gal! Hal's a good plan to follow and you've plenty of time to build up slowly.
I agree with getting the massages.
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