Iron Horse

The first step in getting to run a marathon is to stick a training plan on the fridge door. The next step is to stay motivated and follow the plan. The third factor is to find a way of fitting the training in with all the other things in your life. My way to do this is to be flexible and when the plan says 9.6km run, then 50mins on the Iron Horse will do just the same. So on Tuesday this weeks training moved from the street to the garage and 50 mins on Iron Horse. On Wednesday a last minute rescheduling meant I found myself on Iron Horse in the garage for 50mins again. Thursday night I actually ran. DMVAC Club night, and a 7 mile tour of the hills of Dorking. Friday night was washed out by rain and a glass of wine. Saturday was meant to be a 32km long run. But Sarah is having a really bad day with the gallstone problem again. The long run was abandoned and the training ground moved from the garage to the kitchen sink. I always said 1hr in the kitchen is worth 2hrs running! Still tomorrow is Sunday and hopefully Sarah will be feeling better, then I can get my long run done. Overall for the week my total distance will be down, but at least I will have done the long run. Sunday was forecast to be rain but I got out early and managed a largely dry 32km. The final 6km were wet though! So, yee haa, I got the long run done. A statistic from this run is that I burned 1944 calories. I earned the chocolate pud today. Sarah is really unwell today, its as if she has another gallstone stuck. She really does not want this. So, after a 20 mile run I was on children duty. Which brings me to, todays advise. Do a marathon, triathlon, whatever before you have kids. One, because your body is more able to take the training, and two, you really do have more time in a day when your younger.