After a 14 week training period I am now feeling tired and ache in my calfs. My long runs have hit 23 miles. Diet and alcohol are now coming up for being things to watch for as I need to keep my fuel intake as complex carbs, and lowering alcohol to a tapering amount with a three week dry period before the marathon.
To try to keep my enthusiasm up I am going to post my daily training and food/drink log:
20/03/07:
Weather
AM: Cold, windy and sleety - 3°C
PM: Bright, dry, windy - 7°C
Exercise
Bike: Morning: 15km - approx 50 minutes
Afternoon: 15km - approx 45 minutes
Run: Recovery run - 6.5 miles: 49 minutes
Swim: None
Food
Breakfast: Oats, Yoghurt
Lunch: French Baton, 3 slices diet cheese, 80g Ham
Snack: Lemon and Orange Muffin, Shortbread
Dinner:Japanese Beef Curry with Rice
Injury: Tight calf
Goals: lose 2 kg before marathon; post sub 2hrs 25 in Cranleigh 21 mile race on Sunday
Tuesday 20 March 2007
21/02/07
21/02/07
After four days of miserable fever I thought an update to the page was in order. I have been out of training since Saturday due to a bad cold, that had my temperature firmly in the 39 degrees area solidly. With that and the general feeling of illness I also didn't eat much for those four days, which has yielded a half-empty/half-full scenario; namely that I have missed a half-maraton, a long run and two days of normal training - half empty scenario. But, I have lost weight, which was something i intended to do in late March, and so I must ne near my usual racing weight - half full. I have a half marathon in two weeks and am aiming for 1'20", so two weeks to get back to top fitness; plus to get my long (20 mile+) runs in again
After four days of miserable fever I thought an update to the page was in order. I have been out of training since Saturday due to a bad cold, that had my temperature firmly in the 39 degrees area solidly. With that and the general feeling of illness I also didn't eat much for those four days, which has yielded a half-empty/half-full scenario; namely that I have missed a half-maraton, a long run and two days of normal training - half empty scenario. But, I have lost weight, which was something i intended to do in late March, and so I must ne near my usual racing weight - half full. I have a half marathon in two weeks and am aiming for 1'20", so two weeks to get back to top fitness; plus to get my long (20 mile+) runs in again
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