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Don’t panic, we aren’t doing individual blogs! We are aiming to do a weekly roundup of all of our training though, and of course a hot off the press update detailing the current state of Lissi’s feet.
Marathon plans vary massively, we are not all running the same distance, at the same pace, at the same time. But we are all at least daunted, if not out right terrified of what we have signed up to do, and taking our training seriously.
Weeks 14, 15, 16 – The Taper
This may be the shortest post of the lot, because it’s the night before the night before the big day and the one top tip everyone says is to get plenty of sleep in the days leading up to the marathon.
The taper started in week 14 with each of us completing half marathons. Something that just 12 months ago would have meant similar levels of preparation to the marathon, is now tackled as taper week is huge insight into just how far we have all come.
Week 13 – Unlucky for some…
No sooner did we get back on track, then we fell behind again! Week 13 was the last of the longest runs before we officially started to “taper”.
Both Lissi and Weeman were executing the original plan of running a half marathon as a gentle warm up to the Regency 10k in Leamington, while Daz finally came to his senses and realised he could quite happily outsource the 20mile (32km) running support role to Weeman… again!
Week 12 - Are we nearly there yet?
We’ve got to start week 12 with clarification on Daz’s Brighton plans. Newsflash… at the start of this week and guess what… he’s still undecided!
Week 11 - The road to London… via Brighton?
It is safe to say we all started this week in need of sleep. Daz and Wee woke up feeling tired but surprisingly fresher and more pain free than expected after their 20 mile run. Lissi didn’t cover the distances that Wee and Daz managed last week as she was still recovering from the Ofsted effect, but still ran the furthers of all three runners this week!
Week 10 – A week of milestones. And Ofsted!
If you thought the week in which Lissi had to prep for a half-marathon was stressful, strap in and lock down for week 10, it’s a doozy!
Week 9 – We made it!
Weeks 9 now seems like a very long time ago! There’s no hiding it, I’m writing this as we start week 11 and there’s a lot to download from my famously unreliable memory. It was certainly an action packed week, and the reason for the delay will be explained in the week 10 post…
The highlight of this week was Weeman and Lissi going on a jolly to Kettering to complete the half-marathon together (well, they started at the same time at least!)
Week 8 - Fuel the beast!
This was a week of lessons to be learnt. One of which was, eat like your fuelling a marathon. Or don’t, if you’re Daz….
Week 7 - Juiced
Good news this week! Veggie Meatballs are off the menu and there has been no further issues in relation to meal time vs evening running. Thanks to everyone who has asked Daz about this - he does love to over share!
Week 6 - Record breakers!
Two HUGE pieces of news this week. The first is the milestone that Weeman hit a massive 52.13km(!!) weekly total 🤯 We thought the collective 100km target smashed last week was a fantastic group achievement, but Weeman has stepped up the training another notch on the road to London…
Week 5 – “Highs and Lows”
This week was a hilly week of highs and lows. After a brief moment where the sun came out and we all thought that Spring was coming, our hopes were dashed and we rapidly returned to freezing temperatures, icy evenings and cold dark runs...
Week 4 - Ring That Bell!
It’s still cold, it’s still icy, the wind is still biting, but none of it mattered this week as the sun was finally shining for at least some of our training runs!
Week 3 - “We definitely need new trainers.”
Week 3 was all about the trainers, Christmas shorts, and the legend that is Ben Parks.
