Week 15

As hoped I managed to get back on track this week and clocked 30 miles which was a 20 mile week on week increase! That's obviously not how the plan was set, I of course missed substantial mileage last week (for a very good reason!) which meant the drastic increase.

The training went well overall. My sleep pattern is a wreck with the new arrival, we're waking up 3-4 times a night for feedings so I can hardly claim to be very fresh. I did however complete all of my runs in good times and am heading into the new week feeling confident.

I have another big jump in mileage this week. Assuming all goals are met I will hit 40 miles. All my runs are increasing in distance, my Tue/Thu runs are now 4 miles each, my Wed/Sat runs are 8 miles and the long run is (gulp) 16 miles!

You may recall that I have never run more than 13.1 miles, a half marathon, so the long run this weekend is a bit daunting. I missed a 14 mile run 2 weeks ago as I was in the hospital which would have made this run more 'appealing' for want of a better word. Hopefully missing that run will not have an adverse affect on me this week but, I will do what I can.

16 miles will take me roughly 2hr10 to complete, that's a lot of time to gather thoughts on a treadmill! Thank god for the Olympics, at least I'll have something interesting on the TV to keep me amused...