Marathon Training

40 Minute steady run and giving blood

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I started the afternoon off by giving blood, its been 2 years since I gave blood last and it’s one of those things I kept putting off, mostly due to fitting it in around work as I only want to donate blood on my days off.

I got loads of letters and emails from them, they even phoned me at home at least twice to remind me to book so finally I did it, It was not bad at all and over with really quickly.

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Me giving blood

I was told by the nurse to take it easy for the rest of the day which I tried to do but by the evening I really wanted to get my run in so I did 🙂

40 minute steady run, 4.58 miles, 8.44 minutes per mile –  I cannot remember the last time I ran at night but it was great fun, a lot quieter than the afternoon.

 

8 Mile long run

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Wow, it was so nice to see the good weather back, So with my sun glasses and sun cream on I did a quick warmup and off I went!!!

ok so maybe I wont win any prizes for speed but I was still impressed with myself, 8 miles in 1 hour and 5 minutes, average speed of 8:11 minutes per mile, Now if only I could do that kind of speed on the day of the marathon I would be laughing. I am still dreaming of a sub 4 hour marathon although I think realistically it would be about 4 hours 20 but I like to dream 🙂

I do feel fantastic for doing the run today, next Sundays long run is on a different route with a few hills so will be a challenge for me and great practice.