And so it begins…

First week ‘proper’ and already the training plan needs to be tweaked a little to fit around my working week.

Monday was supposed to be a rest day but I moved Tuesday’s 6 miler up. It didn’t go exactly as planned as I was supposed to start easy and finish strongly. I still haven’t quite got the hang of running slowly yet! Today’s session turned out to be Thursday’s 6 mile easy run…except that it was 6 and a half and ended up at around my target marathon pace of 9 minutes per mile. This wouldn’t normally be much of a problem but the course I was running was quite hilly and I certainly feel the effects now! Tomorrow, I am on my travels (which is why the scheduling needed to be juggled) and will be a rest day. Wednesday’s rep session will now be on Thursday before the second rest day on Friday (still with me? Yes? Do you think you could drop me an email and let me know where I am??)

The best part of this training plan is that every Saturday is a parkrun! So, I’ll be off for my usual weekly fix around Alexandra Park! Sunday’s ‘long’ run is a relatively comfortable 8 mile affair but the main problem is that no matter which way I go, it’s gotta finish with a 500 ft climb over 1 or 2 miles (depending on which way I go). I’ll probably take the longer ‘sweep’ at this stage over the short sharp shock!