Fish Marathon Blog by Fish1980

For those who read my blog regularly (think just my Mum and Sian) sorry I haven't updated lately I keep meaning to but struggle to find the time.

It has been a couple of weeks but I have still been running, a 12 miler last week which went better than the week before but yet again I was done in by the end and would have really stuggled to go any further. I was pleased that the recovery time was a lot lot better though.

The snow and ice has put pay to a lot of my plans for road running so I have been on the treadmill at the gym most days but it just isn't the same and I tend to only run 3 or 4 miles at a time, mainly due to the heat. I also had a good go on the cross trainer which after a bit of getting used to I enjoyed and found useful so I will persevere with it.

Last week, much to most friends amusement, I also had a go at a bodycombat class which was quite possibly the campest thing I have ever done. It basically involved air punching and kicking while dancing to music and those of you that have seen me dance will know it isn't a pretty sight (except after 10 pints when I become John Travolta)

This weekend we were away at my in laws so I went for a run around Coventry which brought several new challenges to me, a) I generally had no idea where I was running and was very close to getting lost on a couple of occasions b) It is not like East anglia they have hills, ok they are still no big ones but they were a definite culture shock.

Unfortunately my Nike + receiver decided to stop working after 5 miles so I have no idea how far I went but it was a minimum of 10 miles at a quicker pace than normal (despite the hills) so I was very pleased especially as I still felt pretty good at the end. This earned me a curry in the city centre with Claire in the evening.

This weekend I really need to increase my distance and, despite the fact my legs go at 12 miles, I feel much better about doing this now as my recovery time is much better and I know that running a new route makes things a lot easier. I am now going to look for a new safe route in my area, unfortunately due to the rural nature it is not easy to find safe roads.