Well after many weeks not posting, I have finally had a chance to catch up. Training is coming on well. I’ve swapped training plans now from Runkeeper to the one in ‘The Non-Runners’ Marathon Guide’ as I just didn’t feel I was doing enough miles each week. A quick check told me I was right 😱
Now in Week 6 of the new plan and I completed 24.6 miles last week with my longest run yet of 11 miles! 😃
I had a bit of a revelation on this run as I took my headphones off about 8km in due to sweaty ears (ewww – it is a thing!) but then left them out for the last 10km as I was really enjoying just listening to the wind through the trees. I kept focused on running at RPE (Rate of Perceived Effort) 3-5 which also meant I didn’t have to listen to my laboured breathing! It all felt pretty good 👍🏻
Chuffed to bits that I’m still running with no knee support whatsoever but ankle is still a bit grumbly after a long run – I will have to keep an eye on that!
I’m excited to have joined the Lonely Goat Running Club too – being part of a group that meets up regularly just doesn’t work for me so joined this one which is online and has a really supportive bunch of people (herd?)!
I’ve got me some new hooves too which I’m super chuffed with!
Last but not least, a quote (near enough) from the Non-Runners’ Marathon Guide:
The boundaries we experience are put there by ourselves. Once we challenge these and realise those boundaries do not exist it is really quite liberating to realise what we are capable of achieving.
Kept me going for 11 miles.
Quick stats update:
No. of runs in last week: 4
Longest run so far in training: 11.32 miles
Total distance run so far this week: 24.6 miles
Total distance run so far in training: 271.01 miles 😳
Dodgy Knees and Blisters 