Marchvellous

Well march  has been more like summer than autumn are we going to get snow for London
My training has been going well  march is all about the long runs  i have had to cut back on the number of runs for the week down to 5 so my body will recover and try not to fall ill or get  injured
i had 2 races planed in for march the grizzly and fleet 1/2
the grizzly is a 20mil off rd run and is one of the 1st races i have in my diary
the run went well and got a lot out of the event and with 2793 ft of elevation there was lots of hill training
and  the bog of doom this did make a good reading on my garmin a 20 min mile
with some post race mangers with team sandhurst helped easy the doms
the next race i had booked in was Fleet 1/2 and i needed to do well in this race as i had to put to bed last yrs race and with a dnf at wokingham 1/2 in Feb i had put some pressure on my self to get this right as this was my last race till London
so the plan was to run steady for 10mils then try and up the pace till the end
well Mr sun did come out to play so i had to go to plan B this was going to be a steady run and see how we go all was going well till around 10mils where my tummy played up and had to easy back
 looking on the more positive side of the run there was so much good come out of the day
i was only 50sec of my pb for 10mils i was not ill like i have been in the past so i can see all the training is working all i need now keep working to my plan and see how it go's on the day

keep on running

James C

february

ok let's look over February
this was going to be the start of the long slow run's and getting some more miles in the legs
i was going to up from 6 run's a week to 7 run's a week
this was going well then we had some more snow so it was off to the gym and get on the treadmill ojoy
so on a friday night there i am with a 8*600 mt with 200 jog  was hard work but the work out was in the bag
then came my 1st of many i had hoped of long slow run's there was still a lot of snow about so my 14 mil run did take a lot longer by some 30+ min's but it was some good strenth training
most of that week training went to plan things were going to well !!!
that friday i was taking the club track night had planed to take it easy with a half marahon on the sunday
16 * 200 mts around my 14th rep my right calf was not happy i put this to the back of my head
sunday the plan was to go easy  for the 2mils then speed up this was all going to plan till mil 5 my calf was saying it was not happy hoping it will just go away i keeped going but by mil 7.5 i had to stop it was getting to painfull i had to stop
so some days off and only two run of 20 min in for the week i headed off to the Natlonal cross country race at parliament hill was happy with my run but did have to stop trying to been ill this did not stop me for running in the race and was soon back up to pace and moving thro the feld at a steady pace and my calf was ok
and as a team we did good to
the sunday was going to be my long run but this did not happen as my legs needed a shorter easy run
but still looking at a 140 mils for Feb so it not all bad

keep a eye for my bog blog as i am getting ready for this grizzly and the bog of doom !!

so till then keep on running

James

January

hear we go a look back over January
the plan was to have January as a base setting this was going to be running 6 times a week
working on strengh and some speed work with some cross crountry race in the mix just
to see how things are going along the way
this was going all most to plan with the xc race but was still having some difficulty with my breating and have to stop and clear my throth and then get going this was getting to be a bit of a pain
so it was beck to the vet's
next up was the 1st of the G3 races all was going well only had to stop for a short time getting better !
 next was the south of England x-champ's down in Brighton had a good race did not have to stop but was lapped by the lead runners was good fun all the same will be back next yr
then we had the snow and  my best kind of running out in the snow over at the  lookout with my good friend Lisa H all most 9 mils and that mug of tea was so good at the end
 i  have all so  found time to set up a running group at work to get staff fit for a 5km race for life
that has been going well and are all ready up to 5 km
now we are in to Feb and i am start up the mils on my longer run's more on this  in my next blog
so till then keep on running

James C

it's smurf time

team smurf

well it's a new yr and with  new goals been set so lets see if this is going to be the yr
to get under that 4hr mark in London ?
i have been working on getting a good base  to start the marathion trainning  this yr
this has been looking at am i getting a good 7 hrs sleep is my diet right am i training smart
and last do i have a life out side of running ! (no)
and the answer i need to work on all of them
but any way let look back out the xmass hols
and with over a wk off work and with amazon taking care of the xmass shopping this yr
there was lot's of time for training !
3 park run's in 3 days christmas eve and christmas day yes i did say christmas day and St Stephen's day
new yrs day was off to box hill to run the knacker cracker as a smurf
this is my 3rd time for me  running in  this event and this yr it was a 12km run and not 10km with over 1720 ft of assent this was not going to be pb run but gr8 fun all the same will be back next yr
keep a eye for my next post

keep on running

James C