75 Days to go

Today's run was a tough one. I did 11 miles in 90 minutes which was a bit quick and the conditions were bad - cold then hot, windy then calm, dry then torrential. I got soaked and my nipples rubbed as a result - nice. Christ, they are sore.

Just 75 days to go. I have booked to do the Brecon 10 miles on August 6th which leaves 3 Sunday runs before then. I've decided to do runs of increasing duration up to September 3rd, in order to build myself up - binning the idea of 3 big runs in the same period.

So here's the run-in programme. Lots of short fast runs to build stamina, with long runs interspersed:

Before Brecon

Sunday 9th July 1½ hours
Sunday 16th July 1¾ hours
Sunday 23rd July 2 hours
Sunday 30th July 2½ hours

Brecon 10 miles - Sunday 6th August

Sunday 13th August 2½ hours
Sunday 20th August 2¾ hours
Sunday 27th August 3 hours
Sunday 3rd September 3¼ hours

The Marathon by then will be 3 weeks away. I'm hoping to take some hols 20-30th August, so I may have to make a plan around those runs.

So far, everything is holding out and my recovery rate is good. I need to work on my sponsorship a bit - just £300 to go to the target of a £1000. If you can help, I'd be really thrilled, thanks.

See you soon. Thanks for reading my blog!

Kevin