So, after a full month of ‘real’ training in January, I was looking forward to building on those foundations in the short month of February. As my fitness has increased, it’s been fun to go out and choose my pace. I do follow the plan like it’s my new religion, however, there is some flexibility between the top end and low end of the training paces so when I’m feeling fresh, I’m naturally running easier and faster. A total of 113.6 miles done in February and my parkrun time has dropped to mid 27 minutes.
People. The cheerleaders are doing a great job, making sure I’m eating right, boasting to others about how well I’m sticking to the plan and generally being supportive. In amongst that though there are a few strange comments from other interested parties. Why are you doing that? Are you really going for another run? You know you don’t have to do that? I’m not sure where those comments come from, but I suppose it does give me something else to think about on my jogs apart from how I’m going to refuel.
I’m mindful that as the marathon gets nearer, any injury will have less and less time to mend itself, so yes, no news is good news and I’m looking forward to an incident free March. The legs are tired but keep on surprising me and seem happy to recover overnight to go again. March looks a little daunting with the long runs mounting up over the weeks but I’m sure with the cheerleaders onboard and some good music on to drown out the naysayers I’ll have an enjoyable month.
A mini break to Scarborough mid month to watch the sunrise and a mini taper at the end of February in time for a very hilly Liversedge half marathon on the 1 March. I will report back on that race along with the March mileage and any achy leg grumbles before I start the final taper to London in April.
