A patchy start

Being three days last week in Bucharest did not help but I managed all but one run last week - and this weekend had two very good if not-so-slow long runs. Not slow because I was trying to get out and back before I got soaked. Saturday I failed in my attempt to keep dry and ended up practically swimming home.

This week is another challenge as I am once again travelling but so be it. I am determined not to run on the hotel running machines as I reckon I have had more injuries running on those than is normal.

First day of training for Amsterdam marathon

Oh well, only another 900km or so to go before Amsterdam so here we go with another Hal Higdon program. I do wonder some times why I do it - then I jump on the scales and the reasons come flooding back.

Every now and again

Every now and again you get those weeks where you simply cannot run. Forget people who say "ahh, you can always find time if you want". No. I have had the week from hell travel wise - missed connections. Paris when I should be in Kiev. Luftwaffe (should read Lufthansa) being deliberately German etc....etc...

So no running but lots of Airmiles

Back on the case tomorrow with a tricky little 8km

Well it seemed to work

Thanks everyone. Much better yesterday. A good 8km up and down the now famous canal and at 5:07min / km felt just about fine. It was supposed to be a LSR but as a kind of punishment to myself I ran it at pace.

I realised yesterday that the trick of training for the marathon isn't the number of training runs you do that you find OK/easy, it's those that you do that you frankly don't want to, but know you must do, that make it so hard.

Not easy is it

When you really don't want to run but force yourself out of the door thinking "I'll feel better once I've gone out" - and never do, you realise how hard this running lark is. This is what happend to me tonight and I just could not get going.

So I cut it short - in total I have run around 30km this week but not what you'd call a quality week's training.

Oh joy a nice long run tomorrow looming.