It's here! My race number has come through...it's really happening...I've just got to sort out the medical certificate from my doctor and then that's it. Oh, and eight more weeks of training too!
The week's gone well so far. I spent Sunday recovering from the trauma of my Saturday training, then went to club on Monday for some hill sprints around Fitness First. Rested Tuesday, and then went to club on Wednesday and did a 6.5 mile run.
The word 'horrific' kept going through my mind at marathon school last night, however. We were introduced to the long tempo run, where you basically run hard for 70 minutes. It didn't sound so bad until I realised this length of time meant I would get as far as Calverley (from Morrisons on Gain Lane), and so have to run up Woodhall Road while maintaining a good speed. We're doing short tempos next week which sounds much more up my street.
Another weekend of hard training stretches before me. Three mile recovery run tonight, bootcamp on Saturday morning and then the Liversedge Half Marathon on Sunday, which I'm told is really hilly. It should amount to about 34 miles this week. I get the feeling I'm going to start next week very tired...
I heard this quoted recently and I'm trying to keep it in mind...
"The pain will go away but the finish lasts forever"
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