5 months

Officially back running, marathon training is back on! I'm so happy to be back running again after 2 and a half months out. It's not been fun knowing Sarah and Jo have been doing runs without me and knowing that the marathon is 5 months away I've been stressing. I should be running miles by now.

I did a 2.7 miles / 4.5 km run yesterday on my own and felt good. Tried my new trainers out and they feel alright. They're heavier than my Nike Pegasus trainers but hopefully I won't get no injuries with these.

Sweaty mess even though it was freezing!

Did a 6.2 mile / 10.2 km run with Jo tonight. Maybe it wasn't the best idea to do such a long run so soon after coming back after my injury but I feel alright and it felt good. I've stretched and foam rolled.. It was a flat run and a bit of a panic run of trying to get some miles in me as it's been so long! I won't be doing more than 10 km till after Christmas, slowly building it back up and aiming for hopefully 20 miles before the race. 

Aiming to run about 3 times a week with 2 short and 1 long run - weather depending. (Running in the summer when it was really hot wasn't great but with it being icy cold isn't fun either!) I can't wait to tick off my bucket list and to have that medal around my neck, right now it's a struggle to believe that's going to happen but I can do it! 

I realised I never got my rejection pack to say I didn't get a place in the London Marathon. All I got was an email but everyone else got a booklet in the post that came before the email. So if I didn't get that email I would have no idea whether I got a place or not. I think a Half Marathon abroad might be on the bucket list.. But we'll see if I still want to run after this full marathon!

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September Runs

Marathon training update! Run 29 it's going alright - not running as much as I'm wanting but I am getting my weekly run in. The plan is to do at least 2 short and 1 long run a week but I've only been doing 1 long run. I'm getting the miles in I guess that's all that matters really. 

Did an unexpectedly extra long run on Tuesday night with Jonny. I did say I wanted to do between 8 -10 miles (13 - 16km) we ended up doing 11.6 miles (18.7km). We ran from the gym then ran to meet up with Angie and basically ran everywhere...

Couldn't even tell you where we went as we basically just went down every side road in a circle! We did go to Court Hey Park and a I managed to do all the monkey bars which I'm quite proud of. Weight training is paying off - I'd ran about 5/6 miles at this point as well. We got back just before it started to absolutely pour down with gale force winds. I'm dreading having to run in the rain again.

It was a good run but I did start to feel my knees as we were running back to the gym. My legs were tired the day after and I'm in dying need of a pair of decent trainers. My Nike Pegasus are not cutting it but stability trainers are so expensive but I guess I'm gonna have to invest in a pair if I'm gonna do this marathon!

The week before I met up with Jonny and Ness and did 6.2 miles

6 miles

3 miles

Sarah's not ran in about 3 weeks cos she's got shin splints. She needs to invest in some new trainers too! Come on Sarah we need to go on runs again your marathon training is none existent - you didn't like the heat.. That's sadly well and truly gone now! We find out next month if we've got a place in the London marathon too!

Currently shopping around for a pair of stability trainers but it's hard to find a decent pair cheap they're all at least £120 which is a bit steep but I guess they're gonna be an investment as I'll definitely run over 120 miles training for this marathon!

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Marathon 2019

So Marathon training is officially back on! Me and Sarah have signed up to the Liverpool Rock N Roll Marathon on the 26th May 2019. We signed up last month after this years marathon as it was only £37. If all else fails we can drop down to the half marathon or even the 5 km but we have a year to train now so hopefully we should be fine! We've signed up to the London Marathon ballot as well so we'll find out in October if we're running the London Marathon in April then a month later for the Rock N Roll one!

I did my first run with Jo and Jonny 2 Saturday's ago. We did 4.5 km up Woolton Hill. I could tell I hadn't run for a while and was starting again but it felt good! 

Did my 2nd run last Wednesday - we did 6 km!

Jonny's was wearing an ab corset during the run which was so sweaty and disgusting. It does look like he's holding a mat.

Did 4.5 km up Woolton Hill again today with Sarah her first run in a while. It felt good but it was so hot. I definitely prefer running in the sun than in the rain any day! Need to properly get back into it so will definitely be aiming to do 3 runs a week to get myself back into it. There will be plenty of photos for this next journey and I will do it this time hopefully be able to stay injury free! I need to go get some decent trainers for sure so will be sorting that out soon!

We trained legs after our run tonight so I probably won't be able to walk tomorrow but we're training back so hopefully I should be fine! Next run will be on Saturday night!

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