Marathon Training

Running with a book

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Sunday 23rd June 2019

This morning I ran 15 miles, well I say ran but it was more like a jog, I had not been out for a run since last Sundays 18 mile run and did not want to injure myself.

I usually love to listen to music when on a long run but Audible were doing a offer on their books, 100 books for £3.00 each, How could I say no to that?? I bought “Zombie Fallout” by Mark Tufo, I love a good zombie film or book so I thought I would give this one a try. This turned out to be a great choice, It has plenty of humour and the storyline seems good, It was great fun on my early morning jog listening to my Zombie book, it helped the time pass.

I did feel tired though, Going running after working a night shift instead of when I first wake up really does make a difference to my energy levels, at mile 10 my legs were starting to feel a bit tired but fortunately did not get too bad.

Feeling good now, No training tomorrow so get to rest my feet 🙂

  • Distance 15.10 mi
  • Pace 9:53 /mi
  • Time 2h 29m

Time to get back to work, Night all

Mr Sat Nav strikes again

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Friday I won a medal, Not the nice metal bling type that I love to hang on my wall, This medal displays the words “PLONKER OF THE WEEK” on it, Yep on Friday mornings run I managed to get lost AGAIN!!

Fridays workout was supposed to be a 40 minute interval run, I did not pre-plan my journey as was not sure on the exact distance that I would cover. The idea was that I would run 20 minutes out, turn around and then follow the same route in reverse – What could possibly go wrong???

The run started off good, it did not take long before I found a lovely footpath that ran through some woods, I followed that all the way through and continued along the road on the other side. After a while it was time for my return journey so I turned around to retrace my steps. That was when my troubles really began.

I got back into the woods again and then I got totally lost. I landed up going through several fields before finally giving up and asked Google Maps for help. I managed to locate the nearest road and headed for that.

I must have added about 3 miles extra to my run and lost around 40 Minutes but I eventually made it back to my car.

I was covered in mud and had soaking feet but I was still smiling during my drive home 🙂

  • Distance 4.27 mi
  • Pace 9:15 /mi
  • Time 39m 33s