Oct1620089:56 a.m.
Juggling
Advantages to living on top of a hill
1. Never really going to flood
2. First one down the hill on a tobogan
Disadvantages to living on top of a hill
1. The last bit of every run is always uphill!!!
So, I'd be interested to hear how everyone manages to juggle running around their lives. I know this is early days for me but I'm struggling at the moment with fitting in running around the rest of my life. I'm lucky at the moment if I get out three times a week. I've just looked at my last training stat and I haven't run for 6 days!! I managed to get out last night (no marching bands and this time with torch!) and it was a good run. I am seeing some improvement and it is becoming easier, but I'm not sure how as I don't feel I'm running regularly enough. How did you guys do it? Did you plan to run on certain days and nothing got in the way of it, or did you gradually shoe-horn it into your lives like I'm trying to do? Ideas, inspiration and motivation gratefully appreciated!
Did I mention that I drove 26 miles the other day? I drove, drove a bit more, carried on driving then thought that this must be at least 26 miles.Nope, 15 miles. So drove a bit more, carried on driving....
26 miles is a lot further than it sounds, but in a strange way that's kind of motivational. It'll be a major milestone in my life once I'v run it. My God they'll be singing songs about us once we achieve this!
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sally41 'hello! my first marathon too so i'm no expert in advice but reading around the blogs the training needs to be consistent and regular. working fulltime and having children does make it hard to fit the running in especially as the runs get longer so time management is really important - i'm using a diary so i know what work committements/ family commitments i have and then fit the runs in around the edges! - not very technical but it works for me - good luck did a half marathon and that nearly killed me - the thought of doing it twice in a row??? !!!' added 16th Oct 2008
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hazyjay 'Someone said - maybe in a blog or a book don't remember - Once you start training for a marathon your life become a balance between the things you do now because you are training for a marathon and things you don't do because you are training for a marathon. Bye bye social life, TV, drinking, late nites.' added 16th Oct 2008
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Spaceman_Spiff '"Your life become a balance between the things you do now because you are training for a marathon and things you don't do because you are training for a marathon" This is perhaps the best quote I've seen yet about marathon training. I think this perhaps sums up where I'm going wrong!' added 16th Oct 2008
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