Marz's big challenge! by marzbarz

75 days to go sonds like a lot doesnt it? Thats what i've been thinking but when you break it into weeks - not much! 11.5 to be precise!

Thats how long i've got until the big day. last 2 wks before it'll be a challenge (i know theoretically i should be beginning to wind down my training by then but still want to put miles in) - hen night and wedding reception of one of the girls i work with so we'll have to use the weekdays instead then!

As for how i'm doing - did a couple of miles walking the dog last week at home but did 4 miles yesterday in the searing heat (unlikely for a Sunday morning in October but with it being Inverness you never ever know!) in just over an hour which wasnt bad going and felt pretty good after it.

Today was more productive - shorts went on as soon as I got in the door after work and then did a slightly shorter version of my loop (prob more like 3.5 than 4 miles) and whilst it still took me about an hr it took me a while to get going as its still pretty hot here today at 7pm and I was actually running for around 10-15 minutes of that hour!  Wasnt very fast and my technique was probably atrocious but the fact that I was running was a step up in itself.  Will need to do more of a warm up with stretching etc if I plan on running even some of the way!  Only ran small sections of 200-400 metres at a time but I'm happy with that.  Using landmarks (traffic lights/lampposts/even corners (!) etc) really helped and even made it a bit easier and pushed me that bit further. 

Think i'll have a day off tomorrow as 8ish miles in 2days is enough to push me and i know i need to give my muscles a chance to recover!

Plan is to do a big walk at the weekend though even if its raining as i can guarantee it'll be raining on the day - it is inverness after all!

marz

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