A Steady Increase in Miles.

I did 32 Miles this week which is a slight increase in Mileage. I managed to get a 15 mile run today and did a 9 mile speed session yesterday so got some quality sessions in. Next week I need to increase my mid week mileage but keep the weekend miles the same.
My achilles has been sore for a few weeks but isn't getting any worse. I've been stretching every day hoping it will improve. Fingers crossed.

Back to the grind.

First full week in January and time to get some routine to my running, although we still have visitors in the house. I just about kept to plan with a mid week run, Cross- Country in keswick yesterday which was hard and 12.5 miles today. I was aiming for 15 but it was a longish run non the less. My weekly total was 29.5 miles.
The plan for this week is 2 mid runs with one being a speed session, a xc race or speed session on Saturday and a 15 miler on Sunday. We'll see.

New Year Running

We had a house full of people over New Year so planning runs is all ways difficult, but luckily one of our guest is more into running than me so we managed to a get a few runs in.

30.12.2010 - 8 mile run up Skiddaw.

1.1.2011 - 4.5 mile, very easy.

2.1.2011 - 5.75 - Reasonable paced run with me trying to keep up with Maff.

3.1.2011 - 5.75 - Nice and steady again.

So some nice steady miles.

My medium targets are to get 2 weeks in with 40 miles . Lose 3 pounds (get to 13.7).

Plans for the rest of the week (now I'm back to work) are for 1 run mid week, then cross country race on Saturday and 15 miles on Sunday.

It's about time I did something again

I've been running since I was 9, but in the last few years I've been doing less and less. Maybe it's a mid-life thing, but I'm going to enter a Marathon in 2011 and I thought I'd start this blog to help motivate me. Along with lots of other people traing for a spring marathon I'll be starting my training in the first week of January.