...amazing what you find when you look!!

Having utilised the measurement tool from map24.com, it turns out that my earlier distances were a little... emmm... optimistic. What I thought was 3K was in fact 2.7K, not a huge difference so I'm not beating myself up about it.

Tonight was a long run... 4.24 miles or almost 8K. I was REALLY tired after 6K and sooooo wanted to stop but I had to stick to the plan. It's amazing what you can find when you really want to go a little further. My time was 42mins. My pace was a little slower than previous, shorter runs but I'm really working on distance right now; time can wait a little longer!!

My mate Kerry wondered if I got an email invitation to the 2008 London Marathon from fetcheveryone.com... I didn't get one!! I reckon she's on a special list... whereas I'm just listed as special...

Day off tomorrow... then running on Wed, Thurs and Fri . Off on Saturday and a big run on Sunday!! Only 67 days to the Achill 1/2 Marathon!! Yikes!

I wonder when I will feel less like a waddling walrus and more like a sprinting athlete... I'm still getting sympathy looks from passers by! You know that type... "Ah.. bless, keep going, you'll get there..."

Damn that sun...

OK, plans have temporally changed... unfortunately this weekend was so sunny & warm & nice that I just couldn't muster up the energy or desire to run around the Curragh for 8K! So, as I cracked open another beer, I decided to postpone my Sunday long run to Monday; to many that may sound like an excuse but to me it's a sensible solution to a difficult situation. While everything has been pushed forward by one day this week I'm not skipping any sessions, back to normal next week!!

Finish line

Having a well deserted pint.

I have to admit it's getting better...

Just ran 6K in the same time (33 minutes) as last night but with much less pain... now that is progress. Day off tomorrow, cross training on Saturday (probably an hour cycle) and then a massive 8K run on Sunday to complete my first week of training!!

It starts NOW!!

OK, I've got it all worked out! 11 weeks of training ahead, culminating with the Achill 1/2 marathon in July... I'm aiming for a time of no more than 2 hrs.

Tonight I ran an impressive 6K in 33 minutes! Well I'm impressed. Same again tomorrow night.

These used to work...

Started my Achill 1/2 marathon training plan tonight! I had planned to run 6K but my legs had other ideas, after 3K they decided they'd had enough and as I'm an accomodating kind of guy I let them take the rest of the evening off.

GIR 2007...

Finished in a little over 1.08... DAMN & BLAST IT!! I wanted to break the hour but it wasn't to be... 'till next time!!

Andrew

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