So this morning I went for the first run in preparation for the marathon. To sum it up in two words: not great. After about two miles my calves started to hurt, at 8 or 9 my shoulders, back and core were all competing to see which could be worse. There are all kinds of excuses I could give: hadn't eaten, bumps last week and the blazing sunshine top among them. The main point though is that I need to do a lot of training to get to where I want to be.
At the moment the goal is to beat Alex Massey, a friend in the year above who ran the Paris marathon this year, in 3:42. Based on this morning I'm not quite there yet, taking 1.14 to cover about 10 miles. Plan is not to run again until Saturday and instead recover, may balls on Wednesday and Thursday may also play a part.
Nick
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Monday, 20 June 2011
Brighton Marathon 2012
Hi all,
This is the location to keep up to date with how training is going for the marathon. This cam about thanks to a suggestion from Harry Wilcox, who is running the marathon with me. Hopefully we will be able to do much of our training together over the summer making it easier to keep up the training.
For those that don't know the marathon is on Sunday 15th April, and I am running in aid of the NSPCC. I'd like to say I was motivated to raise money for them but to be honest the challenge of the marathon came first and it seemed worthwhile to raise some money for them as well. Despite this if anyone has extra requests for training or the marathon itself in return for extra donations I am more than happy to consider them.
All donations should be made via: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=NicholasWilliams90
See you soon,
Nick
This is the location to keep up to date with how training is going for the marathon. This cam about thanks to a suggestion from Harry Wilcox, who is running the marathon with me. Hopefully we will be able to do much of our training together over the summer making it easier to keep up the training.
For those that don't know the marathon is on Sunday 15th April, and I am running in aid of the NSPCC. I'd like to say I was motivated to raise money for them but to be honest the challenge of the marathon came first and it seemed worthwhile to raise some money for them as well. Despite this if anyone has extra requests for training or the marathon itself in return for extra donations I am more than happy to consider them.
All donations should be made via: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=NicholasWilliams90
See you soon,
Nick
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