Mar1020088:36 p.m.
How Pink?
Wow! I received the running vest from Arthritis Care and - much as Vince the co-ordinator had warned me in an e-mail - was hugely impressed with how pink it is; fluorescent pink would be a better description of it to be honest. I think it's safe to say that the AC runners, especially those 6'2", 16 stone 7 pounds ones such as I, won't be difficult to spot on the day of the marathon! My soon to be 10 year old son burst out laughing when I put it on Saturday morning to go out on a training run, speaks volumes really!!
Not an especially good weekends training, a couple of relatively short runs was all I managed due to a number of factors not least the knee problem following last Wednesday's exceptional 12.1 km. Lesson learned there and I won't be going out like that again except maybe on the actual day of the marathon, though it's frustrating that any kind of speedwork is constantly upset by flare-ups in the knee.
2 or 3 x 10 km runs this week, plus one short session, gym and treadmill should set me right for the final long training run this weekend, 25 - 30 km LSD I think, something like that anyway but am looking for 3 hours on the road and would be happy with that; I will probably do the Butlers X, Wendover route - 16 km or so - then detour around Halton village and back to Aylesbury through Weston Turville which should give me around 28 km but will map it first on mapmyrun so I know i'm not overdoing it. Then my schedule has all fairly short runs - none more than 12 km - up until the day of the marathon.
GOT THE VEST, GOT THE NUMBER NOW ALL I HAVE TO DO IS GET OVER THE FINISH LINE!! (preferably in sub 5 hours).
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Duda 'I'm sure you'll be visible on Marathon day!' added 11th Mar 2008
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Growing_old_disgracefully 'Hey Duda, see you in the Red Zone?!' added 13th Mar 2008
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