No point in blogging really, just re-read any previous training related post, but put todays date on it.
Meh.
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Distances for Jan and Feb
Just a bunch of numbers for my own pleasure... these should get gradually more impressive as my training progresses. At least that's the theory.
January
January
Total mileage - 112.22
Miles run - 39.26
Miles walked - 72.96
Jan 1st - 6.2 miles (5 mile race, 1.2 walk)
Jan 2nd - 3.86 mile walk.
Jan 3rd - 8.53 mile walk.
Jan 4th - 4.4 miles (1.4 walk, 3 run- intervals at club)
Jan 5th - 1.4 mile walk.
Jan 6th - 1 mile walk.
Jan 7th - 9.85 mile hike.
Jan 8th - 2.58 mile walk.
Jan 9th - 7.55 miles (4 run, 1.55 walk, 2 at club) plus 1/2 hr yoga, circuits at club.
Jan 10th - 4.8 mile walk.
Jan 11th - 3 miles (1 walk, 2 at club) Plus circuits at club.
Jan 12th - 2.26 mile walk (rest day!)
Jan 13th - 0.9 mile. arse.
Jan 14th - 4.06 mile run.
Jan 15th - 4.37 mile walk.
Jan 16th - 5 miles. (3 walk, 2 at club) plus 1/2 hr yoga, circuits at club.
Jan 17th - 8.8 miles. (4 walk, 4.8 run) plus 1/2 hr yoga.
Jan 18th - 1 mile walk.
Jan 19th - naff all.
Jan 20th - 1/2 hr Just Dance
Jan 21st - naff all, again...
Jan 22nd - 1.54 miles.
Jan 23rd - 1.47 mile walk.
Jan 24th - 4 mile walk plus 1/2 hr yoga.
Jan 25th - 3.24 miles run, inc time trial. Plus circuits at club.
Jan 26th - 1.47 mile walk.
Jan 27th - 1.53 mile walk.
Jan 28th - 1.55 mile walk.
Jan 29th - 6.36 mile geocaching.
Jan 30th - 10.66 miles (7.16 run, 2 at club, 1.5 walk) plus 40 min yoga and circuits at club.
Jan 31st - 1.47 mile walk.
February
Total milage - 124.2
Miles run - 70.70
Miles walked - 53.50
Feb 1st - 6.02 miles (4.02 walk, 2 at club) plus circuits.
Feb 2nd - buggar all, rest day.
Feb 3rd - buggar all...erm, another rest day apparently...
Feb 4th - 2.86 miles walk.
Feb 5th - 0.79 walk. FFS
Feb 6th - 11.05 miles (4.26 walk, 4.79 run, 2 at club) plus 1/2 hour yoga and circuits at club.
Feb 7th - 1.47 mile walk.
Feb 8th - 7.53 miles (1.47 walk, 4.06 run, 2 at club) plus circuits.
Feb 9th - 0.9 miles walk.
Feb 10th - 0.9 miles walk.
Feb 11th - 1.86 mile walk.
Feb 12th - 2.73 mile run. Stupid snow/ice.
Feb 13th - 8.47 miles (7 run, 1.47 walk) plus 3/4hr yoga.
Feb 14th - 1.55 mile walk. stupid work!
Feb 15th - 8.77 miles (1.47 walk, 4 run, 3.3 at club)
Feb 16th - 1.96 mile walk
Feb 17th - 2.96 mile run.
Feb 18th - 7.4 miles (4.82 run, 2.58 walk)
Feb 19th - 8.74 mile walk.
Feb 20th - 3.96 miles (1.96 walk, 2 at club) plus circuits
Feb 21st - 5.92 miles (4.06 run, 1.86 walk) plus 1/2hr yoga.
Feb 22nd - 2.58 miles walk.
Feb 23rd - nuffink.
Feb 24th - 5.53 miles. (4.06 run, 1.47 walk)
Feb 25th - 3.06 mile walk.
Feb 26th - 6.3 miles. (5.4 fell race, 0.9 walk)
Feb 27th - 5.31 miles. (1.55 walk, 2 at club, 1.76 run) plus circuits at club.
Feb 28th - 10.49 miles. (8.53 run, 1.96 walk)
Feb 29th bonus day! - 5.1 miles (1.86 walk, 1.23 run, 2.01 TT) plus 30 mins yoga.
Blogging instead of running?
Marathon training is going ok so far. Up to the grand distance of 9.3 mile 'long' runs. My overall weekly mileage was 32 miles last week though, almost double what I normally do. That's good progress!
I've come to the conclusion that I need to exercise first. Today, my plan said a 3-4 mile interval session. It's half 3 and I havn't been out and probably wont. Fortunately I can do it tomorrow as part of my club session, but that is besides the point. I should have just gone straight out when I got in with the dog. (I'd walked her to the vets and back for her vaccinations. Poor thing is zonked out at the moment.) But instead I fannied about, had to have a drink, then lunch then a bit more fannying and basically ran out of time/enthusiasm for anything much.
I'm going to rue every wasted moment when I go back to full time in May. All this time I could (should) have spent training or cleaning or baking or anything other than sitting on Facebook and bloody Fetch!
I was having some doubts as to whether this marathon is a good idea while I was running yesterday. Fannying aside, will I ever be ready? Can I really prepare for 26 miles, 3500ft in such a space of time? I think it's the 3500ft that scares me more than the 26miles in a way. For 26 miles you can just keep plodding, walking if you have to and get round. It's the climbing that will exhaust the unprepared. I've done very little in the way of serious hills so far in my training. Although on Thursday I went with a group of blokes from club for a night run in Wass Woods which is moderately hilly and I didn't walk once, even though I desperately wanted to! (Just looking and that is only 261m or approx 800ft of ascent. Hmm keep climbing...)
Advice is vague, just really time on feet. All the various plans assume to want to do the London Marathon and don't really offer what I want for a tough fell marathon. Indeed, people talk of sub 3hr times like it's normal. The current female record for the Phoenix stands at 4hr15mins. Ha, I'll be lucky to get sub 6hrs I reckon!
Mind you, without the kick up the arse of the encroaching start date, I'll only flounder around the 10mile mark forever without ever really testing what I can do.
And this is why I should be out there, not sat here musing.
I've come to the conclusion that I need to exercise first. Today, my plan said a 3-4 mile interval session. It's half 3 and I havn't been out and probably wont. Fortunately I can do it tomorrow as part of my club session, but that is besides the point. I should have just gone straight out when I got in with the dog. (I'd walked her to the vets and back for her vaccinations. Poor thing is zonked out at the moment.) But instead I fannied about, had to have a drink, then lunch then a bit more fannying and basically ran out of time/enthusiasm for anything much.
I'm going to rue every wasted moment when I go back to full time in May. All this time I could (should) have spent training or cleaning or baking or anything other than sitting on Facebook and bloody Fetch!
I was having some doubts as to whether this marathon is a good idea while I was running yesterday. Fannying aside, will I ever be ready? Can I really prepare for 26 miles, 3500ft in such a space of time? I think it's the 3500ft that scares me more than the 26miles in a way. For 26 miles you can just keep plodding, walking if you have to and get round. It's the climbing that will exhaust the unprepared. I've done very little in the way of serious hills so far in my training. Although on Thursday I went with a group of blokes from club for a night run in Wass Woods which is moderately hilly and I didn't walk once, even though I desperately wanted to! (Just looking and that is only 261m or approx 800ft of ascent. Hmm keep climbing...)
Advice is vague, just really time on feet. All the various plans assume to want to do the London Marathon and don't really offer what I want for a tough fell marathon. Indeed, people talk of sub 3hr times like it's normal. The current female record for the Phoenix stands at 4hr15mins. Ha, I'll be lucky to get sub 6hrs I reckon!
Mind you, without the kick up the arse of the encroaching start date, I'll only flounder around the 10mile mark forever without ever really testing what I can do.
And this is why I should be out there, not sat here musing.
Sunday, 12 February 2012
Stupid snow.
Todays run was perhaps a little disappointing.
We have OH's little daughter and thought we'd go sledging up top. Well, they'd sledge and I'd run. I'd quickly mapped out a 5.5mile route along the Cleveland Way as far as Dialstone, then back along the road. I figured about an hour in the icy conditions.
Ha.
We set off a little later than planned so I decided to simply run out for 30 mins, then back for 30 mins.
Well, the going alternated from sheet ice to ankle deep, foot numbing slush and everything in between. I didn't fall but did progress quite gingerly. By the time my 30 mins was up, I'd hardly covered any distance at all. The Dialstone turning was way off in the distance.
About a third of the way back, I found OH and daughter had come to meet me. Turns out there wasn't enough snow for sledging. I walked back with them.
It took 52 mins to cover less than 3 miles!! I may as well have walked!
Bad time management/food planing/lazyness meant I didn't do any other exercise for the rest of the day.
It hasn't helped today that we had a big meal at lunch time and no proper tea, this means I have snacked all evening. I have though managed to resist the crisps and choccies and instead had malt loaf, tinned fruit and cheese. Not all in the same dish I hasten to add!!
I worry about my diet, yet I have been reading the blog Binks did of his LANY race last year and he seems to have existed on fast food and soda. Most of my fell running friends partake of regular cake and beer. Maybe I should stop worrying so much and so long as I get my F+V and plenty of protein, just enjoy a little? Dunno, it's not like I have a weight problem...
We have OH's little daughter and thought we'd go sledging up top. Well, they'd sledge and I'd run. I'd quickly mapped out a 5.5mile route along the Cleveland Way as far as Dialstone, then back along the road. I figured about an hour in the icy conditions.
Ha.
We set off a little later than planned so I decided to simply run out for 30 mins, then back for 30 mins.
Well, the going alternated from sheet ice to ankle deep, foot numbing slush and everything in between. I didn't fall but did progress quite gingerly. By the time my 30 mins was up, I'd hardly covered any distance at all. The Dialstone turning was way off in the distance.
About a third of the way back, I found OH and daughter had come to meet me. Turns out there wasn't enough snow for sledging. I walked back with them.
It took 52 mins to cover less than 3 miles!! I may as well have walked!
The little dot is me heading off into the distance!
Looking along the route to High Barn.
At High Barn.
My sexy socks!
Cleveland Way finger post.
Bad time management/food planing/lazyness meant I didn't do any other exercise for the rest of the day.
It hasn't helped today that we had a big meal at lunch time and no proper tea, this means I have snacked all evening. I have though managed to resist the crisps and choccies and instead had malt loaf, tinned fruit and cheese. Not all in the same dish I hasten to add!!
I worry about my diet, yet I have been reading the blog Binks did of his LANY race last year and he seems to have existed on fast food and soda. Most of my fell running friends partake of regular cake and beer. Maybe I should stop worrying so much and so long as I get my F+V and plenty of protein, just enjoy a little? Dunno, it's not like I have a weight problem...
So, the proper training starts a week tomorrow. Maybe I should just start it tomorrow and be done with it? The only difference it will make is a slight improvement...
Saturday, 11 February 2012
Pre-marathon-training-training...
The training for my marathon officially begins next week. So, how do I feel about where I am now, before it all starts? A little scared to be honest. Can I stick to the plan? Can I get in enough hills? Will there be enough daylight to get the miles in? Currently, I'm being beaten at my own game in the distance challenge, I think I came last in January. Not looking good this month either...
Not exactly sure what is holding me back at this time? I do have reasons/excuses for not going out, but I'm sure they're not the most convincing of arguments.
'I don't have anyone to run with.' This is true. But, both Vicky and Steve are available if I can just get them organised.
'It's dark.' Yeah? and I have a headtorch. It is a bit dodgy round here, not for being mugged, but for getting run over. Which takes me onto...
'I have to drive to get anywhere decent.' That only matters once in a while surely? And also dangerous if something happens, which takes me back to the first excuse.
I don't want to be stood on the start line filled with doubt. Well, no more doubt than normal anyway!
I have just 5 months to get my act together...
Not exactly sure what is holding me back at this time? I do have reasons/excuses for not going out, but I'm sure they're not the most convincing of arguments.
'I don't have anyone to run with.' This is true. But, both Vicky and Steve are available if I can just get them organised.
'It's dark.' Yeah? and I have a headtorch. It is a bit dodgy round here, not for being mugged, but for getting run over. Which takes me onto...
'I have to drive to get anywhere decent.' That only matters once in a while surely? And also dangerous if something happens, which takes me back to the first excuse.
I don't want to be stood on the start line filled with doubt. Well, no more doubt than normal anyway!
I have just 5 months to get my act together...
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
January Distance Challenge Update
So far I have done...
Total mileage - 48.37
Miles run - 14.0
Miles walked - 34.37
Jan 1st - 6.2 miles (5 mile race, 1.2 walk)
Jan 2nd - 3.86 mile walk.
Jan 3rd - 8.53 mile walk.
Jan 4th - 4.4 miles (1.4 walk, 3 run- intervals at club)
Jan 5th - 1.4 mile walk.
Jan 6th - 1 mile walk.
Jan 7th - 9.85 mile hike.
Jan 8th - 2.58 mile walk.
Jan 9th - 7.55 miles (4 run, 1.55 walk, 2 at club) plus 1/2 hr yoga, circuits at club.
Blog 366?
I had toyed with the idea of making a point to blog every day, preferably with pictures, but I never got round to it!
The 2012 Distance Challenge is underway, Phillip, Hester and now Kevin are all having a go this year.
My aim personally is to cover 1800 miles in a combination of walking and running.
I have sent off my entry form for the Swaledale Marathon and am awaiting a reply to say yay or nay.
Not sure how the streaking is working out, other than it's not really.
The year so far has been good.
We pre-empted it with a little trip to Robin Hood's Bay, one of our favourite places. Just took a walk along the cliffs to Boggle Hole, back along the beach. Then we ate chips in the car. It was quite busy despite the blustery weather.
On the first of Jan I took part in the annual Captain Cook Races, there was a record turn out of 290 senior runners! My time wasn't a record, but I had great fun in the hail and mud and made a new Fetchie friend.
That's me in yellow, No17. This is near the beginning, passing through a farmstead on our way out of Great Ayton.
...and coming through the kissing gate on my way back home!
On the second, we went to Reeth. The idea was a good walk, but we set off late and the weather was horrid - more high winds driving horizontal rain and snow - so we just took a short walk to the iron age fort at Harkerside.
This is the snow on the moor road.
This is the fort, honest!
On the 3rd I took doglett out to recce a potential route which went out to Bagby and Thirkleby. Looks good. Just walked it for now as the wind was still silly. Ended up doing 8.5 miles!
Then back to work for a couple of days, with a club session in the stupid wind.
At the weekend we were meant to be going camping, but the initial weather forecast had put us off. Turned out to be fine after all.
On the Saturday (7th) we went for a longish walk from Sutton Bank, through Scawby and Cold Kirby, approx 10miles all told. I shall blog the route seperately as this post is long enough already!
Back to reality now. I'm on my 'part-time' pattern at work (or rather at home on the sofa!) hence I have time to write. Dad has invited us to join them in Hawes at the end of April, so that should be an interesting trip...
The 2012 Distance Challenge is underway, Phillip, Hester and now Kevin are all having a go this year.
My aim personally is to cover 1800 miles in a combination of walking and running.
I have sent off my entry form for the Swaledale Marathon and am awaiting a reply to say yay or nay.
Not sure how the streaking is working out, other than it's not really.
The year so far has been good.
We pre-empted it with a little trip to Robin Hood's Bay, one of our favourite places. Just took a walk along the cliffs to Boggle Hole, back along the beach. Then we ate chips in the car. It was quite busy despite the blustery weather.
On the first of Jan I took part in the annual Captain Cook Races, there was a record turn out of 290 senior runners! My time wasn't a record, but I had great fun in the hail and mud and made a new Fetchie friend.
That's me in yellow, No17. This is near the beginning, passing through a farmstead on our way out of Great Ayton.
...and coming through the kissing gate on my way back home!
On the second, we went to Reeth. The idea was a good walk, but we set off late and the weather was horrid - more high winds driving horizontal rain and snow - so we just took a short walk to the iron age fort at Harkerside.
This is the snow on the moor road.
This is the fort, honest!
On the 3rd I took doglett out to recce a potential route which went out to Bagby and Thirkleby. Looks good. Just walked it for now as the wind was still silly. Ended up doing 8.5 miles!
Then back to work for a couple of days, with a club session in the stupid wind.
At the weekend we were meant to be going camping, but the initial weather forecast had put us off. Turned out to be fine after all.
On the Saturday (7th) we went for a longish walk from Sutton Bank, through Scawby and Cold Kirby, approx 10miles all told. I shall blog the route seperately as this post is long enough already!
Back to reality now. I'm on my 'part-time' pattern at work (or rather at home on the sofa!) hence I have time to write. Dad has invited us to join them in Hawes at the end of April, so that should be an interesting trip...
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