I had a great night sleep last night so was ready for a run this morning. I ended up leaving later than planned as Tim went for a run first. I decided to do the exact same route as Cala and I last night as I wanted to know the distance plus time was not on my side as I had to get back to make packed lunches and the school run - oh the glamour!
Anyway the route was from home along the beach to the King Alfred and back via the road. The distance was 2.76miles (it recorded 1.34 miles yesterday so I must have turned it off half way through).
So far I have run 87.61 miles since using the Nike+ over 31 runs. The key thing now is to start increasing my distance each time I run. I may be able to do five miles ok but I have to also consider the other 21miles I will be running on the 18th April 2010 - urrrrrh!
Friday, 9 October 2009
Thursday, 8 October 2009
I think I am...
on race come down. We talked about and trained towards the 10k for a few months and what with the family all down I didnt get five minutes on Sunday. All I have done this week is eat and I mean eat! Oh the other thing is sleep, recently our nights have been unusally broken with the little people so I have been quite shattered.
I seemed to have got a random knee injury on Sunday, the reason I say random is it didnt start to hurt until late Sunday night and by Monday morning I was limping, it was right in my right knee joint like a really dull ache, it was worse after I had kept it still for a while. We were meant to go to our usual Hove Park training on Monday night but I was in too much pain with my knee and also I had read that if you are new to running and taking part in races you should not train for at least a couple of days afterwards, I didnt need telling twice! Thankfully when I woke up Tuesday the pain was gone.
Tonight was my first night of running since the race and it was hard to go out. We ran to the King Alfred and back. The Nike+ was playing up as it recorded it incorrectly saying we had only done 1.34miles when it is more just over two miles. I could feel a little tweak in my knee so didnt want to push it plus do you know I just wasnt in the mood to run tonight. One thing I do know is I need to also do another form of training other than running, I need to build the strength up on my upper body so I think I will also start swimming at least once a week.
We have an 8k run on Sunday morning. 9.15am start which I prefer rather than mid morning and it is on the Undercliff Walk between Brighton and Rottingdean so a nice flat route, although it wont be nice if the weather is bad. I have a feeling our time wont be as good as Sunday's 10k, no I am not being negative but I am just not as prepared for this. The good thing is it will give us another opportunity to learn to pace ourselves and slowly build our running distance - plus we get another medal.
Note to self: need to purchase large trophy cabinet!!
I seemed to have got a random knee injury on Sunday, the reason I say random is it didnt start to hurt until late Sunday night and by Monday morning I was limping, it was right in my right knee joint like a really dull ache, it was worse after I had kept it still for a while. We were meant to go to our usual Hove Park training on Monday night but I was in too much pain with my knee and also I had read that if you are new to running and taking part in races you should not train for at least a couple of days afterwards, I didnt need telling twice! Thankfully when I woke up Tuesday the pain was gone.
Tonight was my first night of running since the race and it was hard to go out. We ran to the King Alfred and back. The Nike+ was playing up as it recorded it incorrectly saying we had only done 1.34miles when it is more just over two miles. I could feel a little tweak in my knee so didnt want to push it plus do you know I just wasnt in the mood to run tonight. One thing I do know is I need to also do another form of training other than running, I need to build the strength up on my upper body so I think I will also start swimming at least once a week.
We have an 8k run on Sunday morning. 9.15am start which I prefer rather than mid morning and it is on the Undercliff Walk between Brighton and Rottingdean so a nice flat route, although it wont be nice if the weather is bad. I have a feeling our time wont be as good as Sunday's 10k, no I am not being negative but I am just not as prepared for this. The good thing is it will give us another opportunity to learn to pace ourselves and slowly build our running distance - plus we get another medal.
Note to self: need to purchase large trophy cabinet!!
Monday, 5 October 2009
We blinking well did it!!!!
Today was the day of our first big race - 10k along the seafront in Hove!
As we had 30 people coming for lunch afterwards to celebrate Sam & Carl's birthday, Saturday and first thing Sunday was manic but that was a good thing as I was very nervous about this race. Cala and I have talked about this for a few weeks now and all our friends and family know about it and I wanted not only to finish it but finish it in one and a half hours! So how did we do?
Cala and I set off at 10am, we parked at Tesco's and walked down to the starting line (just under a mile). The sky was clear, the sun was out and the heat was on! The place was packed and I didnt realise but it was a mixed race i.e girls and boys, there was 1,800 of us in all. As we are becoming real runners we thought we had better do the warm up. Thankfully we then bumped into mum, she took the very important before race photos and we gave her our blue t-shirts to hold.
They devided everyone up, those to complete in 45mins, in an hour, etc and we were off! We started off on the grass heading towards the king alfred, then it was back up to the Angel (on the grass) where Jo and Murphy were to cheer us on and then thankfully onto tarmac which is what we are used to running on. It seemed to get easier from here (I always find the first 500metres hard work when running).
Then it happened, we were running behind... Jordan, her brother and the cage fighter and we over took her and ran straight into the lenses of the paps! Yes that's right we over took someone that had done a marathon - wey hay!
We made our way down to the lagoon and I saw Daisy across the bowling green as she was jumping up and down waving. We ran on, round the lagoon, pass the steel band which I must say was very uplifting to hear and put a spring in my step. It was then back up to the Angel and on the way we passed mum and also Jo and Murphy who supplied us with water - big Thank you.
We were doing ok, it was hard at times as the sun was beating down with no breeze and it was nearing midday so it was hot. We managed to keep a good pace although at times we sped up but we knew that to keep going without stopping we had to keep at a slow pace.
It was then back on grass at the Angel and back down to the King Alfred... and finally the home stretch to the finish. At this point I would like to add that we sprinted the last 100 metres.
We had done it! We crossed the finishing line without stopping during any part of the course, received our medal, a bottle of water, a disgusting green energy bar and was greeted by my lovely family.
Our time: 58 minutes 07 seconds
THANK YOU to my mum, my lovely husband Tim, my little people Daisy and Samuel, Jo and Murphy for supporting us in our training and for coming along to cheer us on and take photos.
Also thank you to Martin and Andy for coming along to cheer us on.
Friday, 2 October 2009
I got it...
the letter telling me I did NOT get a place in the ballot for the 2010 London Marathon. I also got a sorry you didn't get in magazine with alternate pages saying sorry you didnt get in or how I can run for a charity if I raise loads of money.
Deep down I knew that I wasnt going to do the 2010 London Marathon as Cala and I set out to do a marathon together and unfortunately due to demand she didnt even get to go in the ballot. But if I am honest deep down I was hoping I would get in and then she could run in a charity place and we could split the fundraising between us. Charities expect at least £1,500 per person plus £100+ joining fee and in this current climate I think it would be very hard for each of us to achieve this. I am going to find it hard enough running a marathon without the worry of raising such a huge amount of money.
Today was also the day we got an informative email from the Brighton Marathon organisers. It had information about training, equipment, the route, etc and we have booked to go on one of their training half days, all about running a marathon.
They have driven the route and then sped it up so you can see where the 26miles go! So I sat down with a cuppa and watched the route speed past my eyes and I was just shattered looking at it.... 26.2miles is a long way.
I also got a registration pack for the charity I am running for... Rockinghorse Appeal.
I know that Cala and I can do this, my only worry is we are not motivated by the route as we know the town so well. As we live on top of the route I think we should incorporate elements of it into our training, I thinking the hilly parts so we know we can cope with it.
It's Friday evening and I havent run today, only 1 day until our 10K. I am looking forward to it but feeling a little nervous.
Back to the ironing now!
Deep down I knew that I wasnt going to do the 2010 London Marathon as Cala and I set out to do a marathon together and unfortunately due to demand she didnt even get to go in the ballot. But if I am honest deep down I was hoping I would get in and then she could run in a charity place and we could split the fundraising between us. Charities expect at least £1,500 per person plus £100+ joining fee and in this current climate I think it would be very hard for each of us to achieve this. I am going to find it hard enough running a marathon without the worry of raising such a huge amount of money.
Today was also the day we got an informative email from the Brighton Marathon organisers. It had information about training, equipment, the route, etc and we have booked to go on one of their training half days, all about running a marathon.
They have driven the route and then sped it up so you can see where the 26miles go! So I sat down with a cuppa and watched the route speed past my eyes and I was just shattered looking at it.... 26.2miles is a long way.
I also got a registration pack for the charity I am running for... Rockinghorse Appeal.
I know that Cala and I can do this, my only worry is we are not motivated by the route as we know the town so well. As we live on top of the route I think we should incorporate elements of it into our training, I thinking the hilly parts so we know we can cope with it.
It's Friday evening and I havent run today, only 1 day until our 10K. I am looking forward to it but feeling a little nervous.
Back to the ironing now!
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Can you believe it...
Not only did Cala and I see the most beautiful sunset tonight and I mean beautiful but probably the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen in Hove (could I say beautiful anymore). The sun was setting over Worthing pier and the sky was all orange and yellow - beautiful!!
Ohhhh back to the other can you believe it! Cala and I did our longest run tonight 5.15miles. We ran from home to the Angel and back again all in one go without stopping. The weather conditions were perfect, warm but not too warm with a slight breeze. Normally we start out saying where we will run too but tonight we didnt we just went and ran and ran. It felt really good and although when I reached home and actually stopped I was out of breath I felt like I could have run some more (of course I say that after I stopped)!
I treated myself to a chinese - two reasons 1. I havent had one for ages and Tim eat my dinner! 2. I didnt have any bread for lunch tomorrow and as Daisy and Sam love chinese, guess what they are getting for their lunch.
Before the run tonight I was dreading Sunday thinking how am I going to do it but after our run I feel really good and that we do have a chance of finishing 10k under one and a half hours. My only worry is if it is a hot day as the race doesnt start until 11am.
2 days till our 10k!
Ohhhh back to the other can you believe it! Cala and I did our longest run tonight 5.15miles. We ran from home to the Angel and back again all in one go without stopping. The weather conditions were perfect, warm but not too warm with a slight breeze. Normally we start out saying where we will run too but tonight we didnt we just went and ran and ran. It felt really good and although when I reached home and actually stopped I was out of breath I felt like I could have run some more (of course I say that after I stopped)!
I treated myself to a chinese - two reasons 1. I havent had one for ages and Tim eat my dinner! 2. I didnt have any bread for lunch tomorrow and as Daisy and Sam love chinese, guess what they are getting for their lunch.
Before the run tonight I was dreading Sunday thinking how am I going to do it but after our run I feel really good and that we do have a chance of finishing 10k under one and a half hours. My only worry is if it is a hot day as the race doesnt start until 11am.
2 days till our 10k!
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Oh the excitement...
Tiger Woods told me himself that I ran my fastest mile this morning!! OK OK it was via my Nike+ but I was not expecting it - not the Tiger Woods bit but my fastest mile!
I went out for a run this morning but was late starting off and had to be back for Tim to go to work and the school run so I wasnt quite sure what I was going to do. I decided to mix my training up and I ran at a decent pace to the lagoon and then sprinted and then slow jogging, sprint, slow jog and so on. It was hard but I really enjoyed it, after the first sprint I thought I was going to have to stop (actually the truth is I thought I was going to collapse on a heap on the floor) but I really slowed my pace and recovered quite quickly. I marked it out using the lamp posts on the beach and managed five sprints within the jogging. I know it's not a lot for you real runners but I am feeling chuffed with myself. I am looking forward to my Thursday run with Cala.
I went out for a run this morning but was late starting off and had to be back for Tim to go to work and the school run so I wasnt quite sure what I was going to do. I decided to mix my training up and I ran at a decent pace to the lagoon and then sprinted and then slow jogging, sprint, slow jog and so on. It was hard but I really enjoyed it, after the first sprint I thought I was going to have to stop (actually the truth is I thought I was going to collapse on a heap on the floor) but I really slowed my pace and recovered quite quickly. I marked it out using the lamp posts on the beach and managed five sprints within the jogging. I know it's not a lot for you real runners but I am feeling chuffed with myself. I am looking forward to my Thursday run with Cala.
Monday, 28 September 2009
It seems like ages since my last post, well it is in running terms - 5 days. I ended up feeling quite poorly the second part of last week so gave running a break. Breaking News : I missed running, can you believe it.
I was looking forward to catching up with Cala but not doing the actual run, I suddenly felt unwell again!! How weird is that but I wasnt really it was my mind trying to trick me not to go running!!
Anyway when I got to the park Steve was already there along with another girlfriends of Cala, who is a real runner. We started off and I was fine but the top of my legs ached, the first lap was hard, the second easier and the third hard again, I only just about made it round. It was good running with a real runner as she made me keep going, I could have given up after the second lap. We kept up quite a speedy pace.
If you havent guessed by now the girls did three laps (Steve did two). Steve, Cala and I then drove home and the real runner ran home... like real runners do.
As the evenings are now getting darker I think I am going to have to make a purchase of an item of 'glow in the dark clothing' as it gets pretty dark by the time we are on our second lap. Oh the glamour!
Only six days until the 10k - Wowza
I was looking forward to catching up with Cala but not doing the actual run, I suddenly felt unwell again!! How weird is that but I wasnt really it was my mind trying to trick me not to go running!!
Anyway when I got to the park Steve was already there along with another girlfriends of Cala, who is a real runner. We started off and I was fine but the top of my legs ached, the first lap was hard, the second easier and the third hard again, I only just about made it round. It was good running with a real runner as she made me keep going, I could have given up after the second lap. We kept up quite a speedy pace.
If you havent guessed by now the girls did three laps (Steve did two). Steve, Cala and I then drove home and the real runner ran home... like real runners do.
As the evenings are now getting darker I think I am going to have to make a purchase of an item of 'glow in the dark clothing' as it gets pretty dark by the time we are on our second lap. Oh the glamour!
Only six days until the 10k - Wowza
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