Pins and Needles

I have 3 fears about the marathon:

Being injured

My IBS playing up

It being too hot

Yesterday, I have the perfect chance to run. I woke up without an alarm and although I was planning to go to my best friend's house, I was good for time. However, the night before and the morning, my IBS was playing up. Resulting in me not wanting to drink a lot upsetting my stomach more. Which resulted in an unsuccessful run.

My usual numbness turned into pins and needles while I was running. So I think I only ran for 20 minutes instead of 30 and then walked back with my feet still hurting. 

1:13:14 Battersea 10K

I enjoyed that run. I don't know why I was so worried. My friend Tish was there to support me and was cheering me on at the end of each lap. I think she enjoyed it and I certainly appreciated the support. I felt quite emotional when I saw her the first time. I am just so pleased that I am running again and a part of me cannot believe that I am doing it. 

I actually enjoyed running in laps, which I didn't think I would.  I made a deliberate decision to ignore those around me and run my own race, I didn't want to go off too fast. The route was also the 5K route as well. The fast runners obviously lapped me and then non-competitors were also running in amongst us so it all felt fine.

I think the first 1k included walking through the start. 

I was talking to a lady at the start of her 5K race. 77 and completed 33 marathons, starting at the age of 47! She had been abroad for a month and hadn't completed any exercise in that time so she was getting back into it. How amazing is she? 

I had put my MyZone belt on when I went to the Portaloo with my Bluetooth off but MyZone was still recording before and after. I may have to get the next version which you can put on your wrist instead. 

Battersea Park 10k

Currently on my way to Battersea Park to participate in their 10k. Feeling very nervous (not anxious I'm glad to say), more to do with the bits before the race; signing in, standing around, the warm up etc. When I use to run I had my husband and friends with me during those moments.  My friend Tish is coming to watch me. 

The actual race I am slightly worried about my stomach (it was playing up this morning), various parts of my body hurting too much, starting off too fast and going around in laps (I prefer not going over the same ground, easier to think about just putting a step in front. 

I only run 30 minutes on Thursday so my legs should feel okay but we will see!! 

25 mins run - difficult week

I'm glad that I attended the Meeting Our Experts Panel as this is a challenging week in terms of distractions.  Martin Yelling said that the training wouldn't always been smooth and that you will become ill etc. The buses and trains are even more of a nightmare than usual at the moment. 

I was not feeling 100% on Monday. I'm cat sitting at the moment, which I love but is slightly getting in the way of training and classes. My next TMA is in two weeks and work seems to be full of meetings at the moment. So on Monday whilst walking to cat sit, I felt not quite with it and my IBS has been playing up, so I worked from home. 

Yesterday I ran 25 minutes. It wasn't much faster than my 10k time but it after Monday I'm okay with that.

I didn't manage to get to Body Balance on time yesterday as I couldn't needed to feed the cat and then get back to complete some Uni work.  I think it will be the dame tonight as well so missing Body Pump and Body Balance. 

As I ran the 25 minutes on Tuesday instead of Monday, I need to re-think the next run as I am running Battersea 10K on Saturday. Therefore instead of the planned 55 minutes today, I'm going to run 30-35 minutes tomorrow. Rest day Friday and then ready for Saturday morning.

10K and Meet Our Panel

I ran 10K this morning and it felt okay. I knew from my cycling days a rough route which was nearly 3 miles one way so I just added on a couple of extra roads.  The pace was 12:19 per mile so getting faster.  One of the achievements was PB 5K. It is not really my fastest as that was years ago but my fastest time recently.  

After watching the school football sadly lose, I went to the London Marathon Meet Our Panel meeting.

I listened to: 

Martin Yelling talking about training tips

Paul Hobrough on injuries and prevention 

Anita Bean on nutrition 

Born Barikor on fuelling

Haroon Mota on Fundraising

New Balance - had a few good products

Helen Thorn on her Marathon journey 

And Lisa Thompson from the Marathon on what to expect.

All very useful and very real!!

And Lisa Thompson 

80 days to go and Meet Our Panel

80 days to go now and I have received my e-ticket for the Meet Our Experts Panel this Saturday. Getting very real now.

Had a rest day yesterday and no jogging or classes planned for today. Need to run 10k (6.2miles) tomorrow morning. Longest run recently has been 4.6 miles.  Then watch the school play football and then off for the chat. 

Now to plan the route I'm going to run/walk tomorrow. 

Busy Wednesday

It was hard going this morning jogging for 50 minutes after running 20 minutes (at a faster pace) yesterday.  It was nice to run a little later as it wasn't dark so I could take a slightly different route. 

This evening, I participated in Body Pump and Body Balance. I thought they would really hurt but it didn't (except lunges, as standard).

Rest days Thursday and Friday!