Day 32 - 34

Miles ran in training - 157.6
Miles ran this week - 12.15

Well this is three training days in 1 blog. I said in the last blog which was last thursday that i was looking to do 6 miles on frIday. Well that did not happen i only managed 2.65. I was absolutely knackered. I am going to put it down to jetlag. So that was friday. Good news was no reaction to my calf which was good

As of monday i am following my official marathon training schedule which follows a traditional week ie monday to monday so monday as i said was my first official day

5.4 miles on monday, slightly over the 5 miles which the schedule called for but felt quite good and again no reaction. Today as per schedule should have been a rest day but i decided to go for a run to make up for lost time so did 4.1 miles ie once round Strathy park. Started off really slowly as it was pretty soon after my dinner and i was feelin pretty bloated but really got into a rythme over the last 1.5K. Its probably the best ive felt running since my injury problem. What i will say is that my times have dropped drastically. I am averaging well over the 5 min per K that i was doing before my injury but the conclusion i have come to is that i probably pushed myself to fast to quickly and that is what has caused the injury.

After tonight i was feeling the tiniest twinge from the calf so i will maybe have that rest day tomorrow but it is quite an easy day per the schedule so we will se how it goes

Incidentally the schedule i am following is for a 3.5 - 4hr marathon time. Its a twelve week programme which should take me up to the new year. I will then switch to the 3 - 3.5hr schedule and barring any further injuries that is also a twelve week programme so that will be the end of march. That will leave 8 weeks to go before the marathon so will follow the last 8 weeks of that programme up to the marathon. The good thing is the end of march is the Alloa half marathon which i will be applying for shortly and thats quite a good one and should give me a good run. The last time i ran it in 2009 i ran it in 1hr 47min so anywhere around that or under will be good plus its another medal to the small collection i have (Glasgow half 08, Alloa half 09, Ek half 09 and edinburgh marathon 09)