26th April 2011

Still haven't rid the Plantar Fascitis from my left foot. I want to keep my marathon fitness level going but am unable to start running again until it's gone. I'm taking anti-imflamatories and massaging my foot by rolling it over the top of a golf ball whenever I'm sitting down.
Have applied for 2012 London Marathon today and so has Lisa. Lisa has really caught the running bug and wants to beat marathon time for this year, hopefully 3:49 and I'm pretty sure that she can do it too !

Wednesday 20th April 2011

Well the big day has passed and the marathon is now over. After all the training and obtaining a fitness level good enough to treat the London Marathon as just another run, I was over come by Plantar Fascitis . I was suffering with it for a few weeks in my left foot, I stopped training the week of the marathon to rest my foot. However right from the start of the race it was hurting, unfortunately the pain became excruciating and I had to slow my pace right down and finished with a 4:11 time.I shall be applying for 2012 marathon as I'm not happy with that time lol. I might even run the Southend Half Marathon in June....

My partner Lisa did really well for not just her first marathon but her first organised race ever !!

Lisa was a little unhappy with her time of 4:27 but as this was her very first race ever and not used to fighting her way through the masses or running in the hot sun, I think all in all she did very well ! Lisa has now got the running bug and has already said about running another London Marathon for a quicker time lol.....

Sunday 10th April 2011

Last long run today, 10 miles. GPS on my miCoach packed in again for a while and messed up stats.
This will be my last run until the big day as I've a nerve playing up on the bottom of my left foot and it's killing my heel so going to rest over the next week.

Thursday 7th April 2011

Ran just over 7 miles today, another hot day at around 20c. Took it at an easy pace, can't wait to get the marathon over as the training does take over and run your life. Although someone once gave me an analogy to marathon running " marathon running can be likend to having a baby, by the time the baby comes you swear that you're not going through the length of pregnancy or the pain of giving birth ever again but giving a little time all of that is forgotten and you want another !"

Here's today's results

Wednesday 6th April 2011

Just under 6 miles this evening, first hot run this year at 20c and a strong outwardbound headwind. The run was pretty undulating mid-way round, here's how the run went .

Sunday 3rd April 2011

Todays run was 14 miles and the run felt good but unfortunately my miCoach lost it's GPS signal for a while which ended up giving a false reading take a look .

Sunday 27th March 2011

My run today was just over 16 miles, tappering off the long runs now leading up to the marathon. My miCoach wanted me to do a 10 minute yellow zone near the end of the run (yellow zone 07:05 - 05:34 min/mi) but this was too much up those hills lol, see run results .

Sunday 20th March 2011

Todays run was just over 23 miles and quite an undulating route. I tried a new type of carb gel on this run as the liquid type I used on my last marathon made me feel sick, this carb gel is like blocks of jelly called Shot Bloks by Clif , they come in mountin berry or strawberry. Those are the basic ones, they have more flavours but have added caffine. You're supposed to take 3 blocks every hour, I took my first blok at 6 miles and one every 20 mins. It was a total supprise to me, there almost seemed to be an instant reaction, I could feel the extra energy, no doubt about it ! I glided round the route and even managed a sprint finish down my road !

Take a look at my 23 mile run stats

Fartlek Run

Yesterday was a hard fartlek session. The weather wasn't very nice, head wind and very cold.

I ran a 7.5 mile course, 15 minute warm up, 30 minutes of alternating 1 minute marathon pace and 1 minute faster pace finishing off with a 15 minute warm down.

This is supposed to help me with my speed and endurance.

22 Mile Long Run

A long run of 22 miles today, running time 3hrs. I started feeling it becoming hard work about the 14 mile stage today and then from 20 miles it became a big challenge. Partly my fault as I took up a fast pace from the start and should have built up gradually....

Not a bad finish time of 3hrs though.

If you want to see my stats click here.....

20 Mile Run

Sunday 20th February 2011

The weather was ideal again, cool and a little damp in the air.

I started with 30 mins warm up as part of the 20 miles then cruised at my marathon pace until the last 10 mins when I slowed down for my warm down. 2:47:13 wasn't too bad as I know that I could knock a good 15 mins off of that time allowing for warm up / warm down and the course I ran was very undulating.

Click here if you'd like to see my recorded stats for that run

10k Relaxed Run

7th February 2011.

I went out for my run in the dark and in quite a few places it was hard to see the lay of the pavement which in turn makes it difficult to have a relaxing run. Anyway I ran 10k and for the first time managed to score 100% in the miCoach results, yippeeeee!

Check out my run results

16 Mile Run

Sunday 6th February 2011.

A hard 17 mile run today, a very strong headwind on the return half of the run, also the return run is very undulating.
During the run a car ploughed into the front door of the Horse & Groom pub in Rochford, not sure what caused it though.

Check out the stats for my run

An Easy Run at Marathon Pace

Saturday 22nd January was an easy 40 mins at marathon pace with a 10 min warm up and 10 min warm down, quite an enjoyable relaxing run.

Click here to check my results