New year, same old regime, except I've managed to pile on more than half a stone in ten days over the festive period, so getting back into training has been something of a struggle these last couple of days.
Here's a top tip for training, don't eat three poached eggs, four fried rashers of bacon and four pieces of toast just a couple of hours before going for a 60 minute run. I enjoyed one last indulgent fry-up on Sunday and really paid for it on my scheduled run. I was huffing and puffing like a knackered First Bus and by the time I got home I felt ready to throw up.
But, I managed 60 minutes without too much trouble. However tonight I was scheduled to do 45 minutes and I have to say I'm lying on my sofa, barley able to raise the strength in the my fingers to type this as I feel like I've been stamped on and beaten with baseball bats.
I don't want to go on about the cold, as it's really my choice to train through the winter, but it does feel like I've managed to choose the coldest, longest winter for generations. Typical.
I discovered today that the marathon is just three months and 20 days away and it feels like it has come round much quicker than I thought it would. Funny how time flies when you're having fun.
I don't know if I'm going to hit my target of losing eight stone in 12 months as I managed to stall around 16 stone for so long. Now down to about 15, not counting the temporary festive increase, but I think it's a bit of a tall order to lose five stone in less than four months, maybe it's not even healthy to try it.
I am of course totally committed to my training plan and can't wait to be there on the day in April, but I do think I this winter training malarkey isn't a lot of fun and if I ever do it again I may have to choose a marathon that takes place at the end of the summer, New York perhaps?
The other challenge is of course reaching this £3000 fundraising target, so if anybody's reading this and fancies sponsoring my marathon effort please go to www.justgiving.co.uk/simonpeevers
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Well done for getting out. I did a few (short) runs over Christmas and New Year and loathed every minute of them. Just too wet and cold.
I've always wondered why the London Marathon isn't in September or October. January and February are horrible months, and I remember my marathon training runs none too fondly. It is worth it though...
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