Week one, marathon training, in review

So, after a frustrating start getting back in my groove after a bit of time off, it's not been a bad week. I had to run 3 - 3 - 4.

Monday's run was a scrappy mess, to be fair. I did run three miles (over, actually, more like 3.25), but with frequent stops of a few seconds to try and reset stupid iPhone. My legs felt heavy and tired and I wasn't really in it mentally; still, it got done.

Thursday's run was much more fun - a three mile bounce around the neighbourhood and the first one without any stops at all for a little while. Felt like I could run for ages (although I was watching Runkeeper every 30 seconds towards the end).

Saturday was the big one - four miler. I had by this point worked out that Runkeeper has a pause function - I am not sure this is a good thing. I needed to stop for runner's tum at Dulwich Gallery cafe after a couple of miles, grabbed a mouthful or two of water, and carried on. The first mile was glorious, second still pretty good fun. Starting again, I ran up towards the Greenway in my third mile not realising there was a f*cking enormous hill on the way to it; did okay, but after the end of the third mile paused for about a minute just to get my breath back. Third mile felt nice actually, although I was aware of the sun really burning down (having overslept didn't start running until 11.15 which was not ideal - very sunny and 26 degrees even despite picking a shady route). That last mile, even after a tiny breather, was bloody hard. I circled Sunray Gardens park as there was a lot of shade to do half of it, and then ran to Herne Hill for the final mile. Running with Bad Religion and Faith No More was helpful, just the right place, and for sure it's a mental issue not a physical one now on my longer runs. My lungs ached a little on the fourth - I suspect if I take a bit better care of myself next week, next weekend's long run will feel a lot easier that this one.

#Week One: Done!

Frustrating stupid blasted iPhone

Had a run-walk-run on Friday again for 30 minutes, and then a 40 minute run - walk- dick around with iPhone - run - iPhone dicking about - run etc (you get the idea). It had stuck itself on single track repeat, which is impossible to fix whilst on the run. However, in that 40 minutes, despite all the breaks and the walking, I covered 3.25 miles, so a pace of 12.27 so slow, but okay. Had enough. First day of marathon training completed.