London Marathon - 4 Jan 2010

It's nearly been 2 months since I last updated the blog.  At least my training has been more forthcoming than my blogging.

So here we are in 2010, and April seems a lot closer than it did.  Well, I suppose that is a truism; April is a lot closer than it was in November.  Training has been going well, but has taken a rather backward step over Xmas, and not particulalry for the obvious reason.  What has become apparent is that training does take up a lot of your spare time, and in this period of short days (our training time since we don't do treadmills, sweaty lycra and looking glamorous), any run eats up precious work or play time.  Since the kids have been at home on holiday, it has not been so easy to surrender the 30 minutes (dress, undress, shower, recover, drink gallons of liquid) plus 11 minutes per mile run (1.5 hours for a 5 miler, 2.5 hours for a 10 miler - I am sure you can do the Math (!)), and we have yet to build up to the 15, 20 and 25 mile practice runs.

Freezing weather and icy roads has also presented itself as a challenge, but one which we can shrug off as easily as a politician giving a straight answer, and we now use alternative routes over Army training areas where grit (in both respects) gives sufficient traction to allow safe running.

Since I last wrote, we have covered a further 56 miles, and I am 6 miles off the 100 miles.  I have also entered in to a challenge with a friend of mine living in Tokyo - 365 km in 2010.  There are 13 of us doing it and I am currently in 5th place, having only run once so far this year.  James, the friend and instigator of the challenge has yet to get off his post xmas backside and clock up any runs.  I guess that there is still time!

Thanks for your support and why not have a go yourself?