Clarendon to now

This is the second part of my blog history, from Clarendon Marathon to the present.

Well after Clarendon Marathon I decided to write a note to self, "Be wary of mile 8 in a Marathon". This seems to be the place were it all goes wrong for me. If I can get past mile 8 I may be in for a chance of it going well.

I also decided that I would take it easy for the next month, and reflect. Apart of course from the adventure race, and the Mountain Biking weekend, but training would be easy.

November would be the start of real training. I decided to include more cross training, and cycle to or from work. I was also on call every 4 the week, so it would force me to take an easy week, while on call. I took the clubs Spring Marathon Training program, tweaked it a bit, and added the cross training.

The week would start with Monday, driving to work with the bike on the car, and cycle home, then do the Monday club run. Tuesday cycle to work, then drive to Wokingham training camp. Wednesday, drive to work with the bike on the car, and cycle home, then do the Wednesday club run. Thursday, cycle to work, then swimming in the evening. Friday is track. Saturday would be rest or long run, if there was cross country on Sunday. Sunday would be a long run, or Cross country.

This was interrupted a bit by the snow over Christmas, but it did give me a chance to run in the snow. If you have never had the chance to run in snow you should give it a go, especially in the dark. Most of the time you will not even need a torch. Its so silent, and magical.

After the snow and ice had gone, I decided to up the training a bit. I would run to work on a Thursday morning. I managed that twice in January. 13.3 miles before work is hard, but worth it. It would would allow more training miles, and not take time from the evening.

Its now Saturday evening, and near the end of an easy week. I have not run today, but tomorrow is the final Cross Country race of the season. Sandhurst Joggers have already won the League by winning all of the seven races so far. It would be great to win all of them.

I will give an update tomorrow on how it goes. I will try and update the blog as often as possible.

Happy Running,

Dave.