Well its been a warm week which has put me off so far as i have been struggling in the heat.
Thankfully today (Thurs) was a little cooler in the evening, so i set out determined to finally get a long overdue long run in as i haven't managed one since i last achieved my half marathon distance, and felt like i was going backwards as the challenge was no longer there.
I am happy to say i achieved 13.91 miles in 2hrs which was a new record for me,and only one stop for a little bit of nourishment and a drink.
So i am well happy again :)
I have printed off some polite begging letters to send to some local busineses etc to try and raise some more donations and sponsorship,so hopefully a bit more will come in.
Payday next week as well so i will be hitting work colleagues for donations as well.
I've managed to get my money together to pay for my return train ticket to the GNR, and i am roughly half way there with my hotel costs, so hopefully that will be one less worry.
Bye for now,and please if you have not donated yet please consider it. :)
Thankyou.
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Sunday, 15 July 2012
GNR training run blog-week 21,9th July>
Well only one run this week,did a midweek small run of 5 miles,weather has been pretty wet this week so not had the chance to run on the days i wanted.
I was due to run today (sun) and it was due to be my long run roughly 10-11 miles,but i didn't feel to good when it came round to the time to run so i had to abandon the idea.I'm now planning on doing it tomorrow if i feel ok.
I'm going to have to start plugging for donations a lot more soon as well as the y have stopped coming in.But i haven't started at work or my church yet so hopefully they will pick up a bit more.
Thats it for this week :)
Bye for now,
Les.
I was due to run today (sun) and it was due to be my long run roughly 10-11 miles,but i didn't feel to good when it came round to the time to run so i had to abandon the idea.I'm now planning on doing it tomorrow if i feel ok.
I'm going to have to start plugging for donations a lot more soon as well as the y have stopped coming in.But i haven't started at work or my church yet so hopefully they will pick up a bit more.
Thats it for this week :)
Bye for now,
Les.
Sunday, 8 July 2012
GNR training run blog week 20: 2 july 12>
Well no running done on weeks 17,18 and 19 as i wanted a good rest after managing to achieve my half marathon distance.I wanted to give my knees a rest in particular as i suffer knee pain sometimes.
Now on week 20 and i've started with smaller runs which i am supposed to do several times a week and then back onto a long run at the end of the week but that will be next week.
I just rejoined a gym so at least if the weather is poor i can run indoors,and i can do some overall body conditioning.
I have done 2 runs this week,a 5 mile one on thurs which was quite difficult as it was hot and i had'nt hydrated enough prior to the run.
The second run was 6 miles on sat before work,still hot and difficult but i took my drink just in case,it is becoming noticeable that it is extremely difficult to run in heat,even 20c seems too hot,so i am going to have to purchase a decent running cap and soak it in water to at least try and help.
Thats all for this week :)
Now on week 20 and i've started with smaller runs which i am supposed to do several times a week and then back onto a long run at the end of the week but that will be next week.
I just rejoined a gym so at least if the weather is poor i can run indoors,and i can do some overall body conditioning.
I have done 2 runs this week,a 5 mile one on thurs which was quite difficult as it was hot and i had'nt hydrated enough prior to the run.
The second run was 6 miles on sat before work,still hot and difficult but i took my drink just in case,it is becoming noticeable that it is extremely difficult to run in heat,even 20c seems too hot,so i am going to have to purchase a decent running cap and soak it in water to at least try and help.
Thats all for this week :)
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)