77 days to go . My body is saying no more

A hard 5k on friday followed by a track session and my legs were saying no more when I was at the forest on saturday . Enjoyed a rest today. Going for a scenar treatment on thursday and planning to have an easier week  after 54 miles last week. I am entered for the great bentley half marathon on sunday, hopefully my calves will put up with it ! Great result for the o's in the fa cup on saturday and a great draw ,arsenal at home, get in there!

 I was 3 seconds over pb for the serpentine 5k on friday with a time of 21.30. Was reasonably pleased as had a hard week training and condition were pretty unpleasant with it being freezing cold with a nasty head wind coming at you for the last 1.5k . Maybe a bit faster next time ............. but the marathon takes first priorty .

80 days to go - cake, jelly babies and an oh so sweet taste of the orient

Had a fab weekend . On saturday I watched the orient stuff sheff wed 4-0 ,yes 4-0 ! Then on sunday accompanied by my friends at ELR I took on and conquered the benfleet 15 with a time of 2 hours 8 mins , 12 minutes faster than last year .  I only fell over once but as I say you only get full value for money if you taste the clay ! The 15 mile route is part trail and part mud and water and is tough to say the least but it's great fun and I cant wait to do it again next year . The race is well organised with water stations and jelly babies a plenty . The marshalls are loud and enthusiastic although most of their energy is used when cheering on their fellow club mates . The cold showers are refreshing but not as good as the cakes which are fantastic at only 50p a piece .

Marathon training is difficult but with only just over 10 weeks to go the end is in sight . No race this week apart from the serpentine 5k on friday . Not sure if I will pb as my legs are knackered  but check back in to see how I go .

87 days to go - I think!

Is it thursday ? I dont know what day it is . Busy week at work  .Running is going ok.Had two runs with elr this week. It's always better to run with people .The time and miles go quicker . Anyway got a tough race on sunday ,the benfleet 15 .Will be tougher than last year with all the rain we have been having ,puddles,lakes and mud ,mud, mud ! Loads of my running club friends are doing the race so should be "fun" . Mileage will drop this week as I wont run on saturday so the old legs are fresher on sunday . I will report back next week. Have a great weekend everyone .

91 days to go

Had a good week .43 miles . 10 miles on sunday in colchester ,followed by a speed session on monday (6 miles) 14 miles with east london runners on wednesday including about 7 miles speed work . Then a nice rest thursday and friday . Ran with stuart and karen in the forest on saturday . 13 miles on the hills ,a tough session but good for stamina . An early afternoon run today due to a hangover but managed 10 miles at hainault forest  . Looking forward to the first east london runners monday run tomorrow and a rest on tuesday !

98 days to go!

Pleased to see the end of a tough week . Track on friday with east london runners had eight runners ,numbers boosted by some new members as is always the case at this time of year with the marathon in april . Saturday morning brought rain and mud at the forest but stuart and I were there at 7.15am ! Today I went for a lovely run in the sun by the river at wivenhoe  .A good way to prepare for the week at work . 43 miles last week ,4 more than the my training schedule ,only 14 weeks to go !

101 days to go

13 miles last night including six with east london runners . Been a hard week recovering from x country on sunday and back at work . Track tomorrow night and x country race on saturday on the schedule.  I  might miss the x country and take it easier.  Next post will be with less than 100 days left !

103 days to go

Feeling tired today. First day back at work ,yuck ! Did an easy 6 miles last night but x country is still in my legs . Fortunately target mileage on my training plan is only a little higher than my average of 35 miles per week . I am on week 3 of a 17 week training plan which requires an average of around 50 miles a week from week 10 to week 15 which will be the tough stretch of training .

105 days to go

10 mile x country at hainault forest today with my friends from east london runners and my saturday running partner Stuart. Hard going especially with blisters , never mind , more mileage on the clock as they say . No work until tuesday at least .

106 days to go

Had a good run in the forest yesterday apart from blisters from my new mudclaw shoes ! Resting today apart from some footie with my son Zac over the park earlier  . 10 mile x country tomrw at hainault forest .I hope my blisters dont give me too much trouble . Happy new year .