8th December

A week with zero running..... Exercising last weekend with a cold wasn't a great idea, and I felt worse this week. Decided to have a few days rest and then traing this weekend. On afriday night, I felt I'll whilst at the pub and spent 36 hours on the toilet. I have never ever visited the toilet so much. Feeling better this afternoon, i decided to write my training plan for the marathon. Starting on Mondnay 9th December I have 18 weeks until the marathon, and will encorporate one half marathon race, and two road training races, with Gade valley harriers of 17 and 20 miles. During the training period I will run another 20 miler and a 22 miler. I rally wanted to get 3 20 mile or more runs in for this race. I am excited, and hope my last couple of weeks of inactivity will be a blessing in disguise, and have to remember to take the first few weeks easily and get back into my running slowly. 18 weeks is a long time. I need to stay fit rather than ramp up to quickly and become tired and potentially injured. Let's get it on!