There are five weeks and six long runs to go to the Brighton Marathon and my schedule reads like this:
Sunday March 15: 19miles
Monday March 15-Saturday March 20: 3 miles a day with one speed session run midweek if not too achey
Sunday March 21: Water of Life Half Marathon Race, Bisham Abbey
Monday March 22-Saturday March 27: 3 miles a day with one speed session run midweek if not too achey
Sunday March 28: 22 mile slow run (my longest non race run)
Monday March 29-Saturday April 3: 3 miles a day with one speed session run midweek if not too achey
Sunday April 4: 18 mile slow run
Monday April 5-Saturday April 10: 3 miles a day with one speed session run midweek if not too achey
Sunday April 11: 12 mile slow run
Monday April 12-Saturday April 17: 3 miles a day with one speed session run midweek if not too achey
Sunday April: Brighton Marathon
so I figured that with my legs feeling almost back to normal, it was time to try pushing it a little for speed on a practice run this morning. I donned one of my new tees with the 1095miles.com logo on, went off to Tooting Common where the ground is soft (easy on the feet) and upped the pace to under 9 minutes a mile, something I’ve not done since my last race in Portsmouth a month ago.
Im glad to report it largely felt good. The tee got some interested looks from other runners, the legs felt fine (though a little stiffer after) and it was great to work up a proper sweat again. Let’s see how I do on a 19miler tomorrow
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Miles today: 3
Target: 525
Miles to date: 675.36
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