countdown time again!

yep its that time again less than 2 weeks til the blackpool marathon and i will be doing my last longish run today about 14 miles i think - i was due to due it yesterday but work called and i was too tired anyway after a busy week at work and a fairly stiff running timetable
wednesday i did a very very wet 9.5 mile run at marathon pace which was good apart from stiffening up at the end but i think that was just the cold rain!!
friday was a no watch 6 miler which i ran at a comfortable pace which turned out to be right on marathon pace! strange how we adapt to a certain speed in it!!

diet wise i had a couple of good weeks and then ive just had a real bad one!!
my weight is fairly staedy around 12st2-12st4 which i seem to be able to maintain but i really wanted to be a bit lighter for the next mara so i shall try very hard now for a couple of weeks

be good
sng

another week gone by.............

Doesnt time fly i cant believe its been a week since i blogged...
Thursday was a new one on me we did a club run from a pub and set off on a 7 mile run which was mostly off road on the ringway footpaths and had a cracking run it was spot on!!
friday i rested
saturday i missed out on the 10 miler as i felt a little jaded so just plodded a steady mara pace 4 miles
sunday was the ripon 10 mile which i stormed ran a cracking PB on an awful course so 1.23.22 very pleased with myself
monday pm should have been rest but i knew i couldnt make it to the club on tues so headed out for a 6 mile recovery which was tops - i ran round birk cragg on a lovely evening and saw loads of wildlife and felt totally chilled out when i finished
works a little mad as im trying to do 2 jobs as my colleague is off this week so long days but restful evenings as the wife is in a local musical production so she has 4 performances this week i went to the opening night last night which went very very well and she was a star!!!
anyway ill sign off and get some work done!!
sng

A week on............

its been a busy one!!
i weighed in on thursday and id lost 2 lbs so quite chuffed with that as i was trying quite hard.
thursday night was the first evening league race which i ran 48.56 just 6 secs per mile of pb which i was very pleased with just 11 days from marathon !
saturday i did a reasonable 10 miler round the gorge and back at a steady pace felt quite good the whole way
sunday was the fountains 10k which was a cheeky little course including a 1.5 mile off road stretch which was all stones and really rough and was rounded off by a final mile all up hill! so managed 50.30 and 4th place for the club so happy with it but would be interested to run a 10k on fresh legs and see if i have improved
anyway club run tuesday night which was all off road and a steady 6.2 miles in the hr so feeling quite tired today
so the rest of the week looks like this 6 mile plod round footpaths tonight
club run on thursday
10 mile run on sat
10 mile race on sunday at ripon
so its looking busy!
be good
sng

UPDATE.....

well the legs are feeling pretty good 11 days after the marathon but! i am still absolutely shattered i could sleep for england !
6.4 mile club run on tuesday done at steady pace and off road felt ok but very sluggish
rested yesterday
tonight i have the 1st evening league 10k at otley dont think im very fit for it but its for the club!
rest friday
saturday lsr 10 mles ish
sunday 10k race at grantley(fountains 10k)
so signing off for now
be good
sng