
Okay, something strange happened today. I lost the plot for about an hour and when I returned to earth I discovered I had entered the Edinburgh Marathon. How did that happen?!
I have been umming and ahhing about a marathon for weeks and I finally plucked up the courage to enter. It's not until the end of May so I have plenty of time to train and as my mum said to me I can always stop. Yeah right, like I am going to do that! I am doing it really in the hope that I can get under 3:45 and get a Good For Age place in London 2010. My predicted time at the moment is 3:35. With the right training, maybe... There are lots of people at run club who have done marathons so I am sure that I will get the best and right advice from them.
My cheque has been cashed for Brass Monkey so I'm in for that which is fantastic. I have also entered Leeds 10k this week although it may be a little too soon after the marathon to really do well. However, it is for charity and I just have to do it. So I have a long list of races to do in the next few months (still waiting for Dewsbury 10k and Wakefield 10k to come online) and now I also have a marathon to train for. Having a brief look at schedules, I have to increase my long run and try to do one longer run during the week too. I think I will have to tie that in to run club as I can't see any other way to fit in looking after Little Madam.
My training is still going in the right direction despite my cold refusing to go. I have had a 35 mile week including running twice on Thursday which I haven't done for ages and really enjoyed. My long run was 13 miles today and I took a different route for some variety. I hate running where there are no footpaths, but luckily it was early and the roads were fairly quiet. This week is half term so most of my training will be gym based although I should be at run club on Tuesday and on Thursday I might be able to run near to my parents'. Then 10 mile race on Sunday. Watching Paula finish The Great South Run in 50 mins today and the fastest man finishing in faster than my 10k time was great although my predicted 1:20-1:25 looks like snail's pace compared to their times!
I am also having a disaster with my Garmin. It seems to have developed an electrical fault and won't start up unless it's in the cradle. It is also switching itself off if I knock it at all which is not good. I am taking it back tomorrow and I hope that they will just swap it as it is only 6 months old.
Right, off to read some more about this madness I seem to have developed.... :)
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