And so the proper training begins...
Jan1020106 p.m.
Belated happy new year everyone!
Well, this week has officially been week 1 of marathon training... the serious stuff has started!!
I'm sticking to my plan of only running 3 times/ week. This seems to have worked well for me so far and has been keeping me injury-free (fingers crossed).
This week I did a couple of short runs and then an 8 mile run yesterday (took me 92 mins so 11:30 mins/ mile which isn't bad going for me). It was treadmill running again (damn snow!) but I set it to 1% incline that made it slightly harder but did mean I didn't get a sore shoulder (sometimes I get a twingey shoulder pain when I run on the treadmill) so that was good news.
... and over the Christmas holidays I managed to dig out an old MP3 player and put some decent music on it for running which was fantastic!! It was so much more enjoyable listening to proper tunes rather than fuzzy radio stations!
Anyway, I hope everyone's first training sessions in 2010 have gone well 
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Kendlef 'i get a twinge in my shoulder too when i run on the treadmill, not quite sure why! well done on the 8 miles, iv had to cut back a bit due to an injury and im slowly building back up again - oping to do about 7/8 next weekend :) so what you got on the mp3? im hunting for new running tunes so would be nice to hear what others are listening too :)' added 10th Jan 2010
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peterb 'great to hear your keepimg to your plan ..' added 10th Jan 2010
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gravygraham 'Well done. I'm with you on the running three times a week jobby. I always take at least a day off between outings.' added 10th Jan 2010
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squa25 'Great work on getting through the boring dreadmill running. Music helps but in my case not enough. I need to be in robotic mode. No brain function at all. You're doing well with your miles. Keep it up. ' added 10th Jan 2010
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idhorne 'Happy New Year! and welcome to the masochists' blog pages ; - ) we must be mad! Great to hear you're showing determination with the training - keep it up despite the conditions. I'm following an official Virgin London Marathon plan for 16 weeks, running 4-5 times a week. See my blog for latest update.' added 10th Jan 2010
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garyb 'appy New year, well done on a good weeks training for the 1st one this year!' added 11th Jan 2010
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markinthepark 'Well done Jess, some good works under your belt so early in the year. Times are looking better and better too. Pity you didn't make the NYD 10k, was a fine event, a wee bit chilly mind you.' added 11th Jan 2010
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