This week my goals were:
Again decided to fit this in early, with a Monday eve session. Added straight-leg deadlifts to last week’s workout, to incorporate hamstrings.
Did this on Tuesday morning’s run. Gels on an empty stomach aren’t my favourite. I tried one of the maurten 40s I had lying around, and it went down fine. I also used one on Sunday’s long run.
I want to trial SIS again, which I had success with in my last marathon.
Well this didn’t go as planned.
I was excited about my first race of the year, and this race is one I’ve enjoyed before.
Thanks to a broken gate I didn’t make it more than 100ft towards the race.
Gate-gate.
When one gate closes, open another. I made the most of the 6am wake-up and went on a long run instead.
13 miles before 9am was not a terrible alternative to the disappointment of missing a race.
39 miles done.
That’s 2 weeks down, 12.5% of this plan done. Agh.
I started extending Wednesday’s run, towards a medium-long run, that I’ve found valuable before. I found it fatiguing, and I may need to consider eating before this one.
The long run was another good one, though unplanned.
I also found out that Kipchoge is going to run London! How exciting. Lining up beside (behind) the greatest ever.
Onto week 3.