I feel the need, the need for speed

I know it has been some time since my last post, and for no other reason than there was little to report.

You can certainly tell the London Marathon is coming up, as there are a lot of people out and about at the moment..

In fact thanks to the last few weekends being very busy and work demands meaning it was tricky to fit in a lunchtime run, I only have 4 sessions to report on since my last post.





I can however report that they are of the very speedy nature, in fact I passed a someone earlier and glanced to see he looked like this!





 
The pace is certainly good and is settling down as I increase the distances whilst trying to keep up the same sort of speed. Planning a 14-15 miler over the weekend with the possibility of a run to work in the next fortnight which is approx 17 miles


15th Feb 7.5 miles 60 mins
21st Feb 7.5 miles 57 mins
22nd Feb 5 miles 37 mins

Running club members are dwindling slightly but I am looking to get a recruitment drive going again just for moral support if anything.

Just another gentle reminder of sponsorship too if you can spare a few pennies then please donate through the following site

http://www.justgiving.com/mrdoylesmarathon

I promise a few more regular updates from here on in with only just under 8 weeks to go will be looking for your continued support

Rich

Total Training Miles: 103.2 miles

The Progression is an obsession .........

A few updates since the last post, Friday saw a shorter 4 mile run but again at a descent pace.

The weekend was spent talking to builders and then off to Oxfordshire for a visit for dinner.

So we arrived at a new week and time to step up the distances, last night I went out with the intention of a 7 mile run and aiming for a finish time of around 54 mins. I came back and checked the clock, was disappointed to see it had taken me 64 mins, I put it down to the wind and the inclines. I checked my distance today using www.mapmyrun.com and found that I had in fact run 8.4 miles and so the average pace was 7min 45 sec per mile which is exactly where I need to be.

Now feeling a lot happier I went out today for a 5 mile run, not quite as quick but the legs were heavy but still a respectable 40 mins.

Tomorrow sees a day off of the running and some time in the gym for stretching and working out a few other muscles before the big two lap run on Thursday lunchtime. Two laps of Regents Park bringing a total distance of approx 7.5 miles.

I will be reminding people a bit more frequently about the possibility of sponsoring me for the Marathon, watch this space ............

Oh and the charity I am running for are going to issue a press release to the local papers and include a picture of me in my stunning pink charity t-shirt, I will make sure it is posted here first!

Richard

Total Training Miles: 83.2 miles

Pacemakers at the ready

Today was all about pace, a consistent one at that. Instead of burning off at 100mph a steady pace was adopted for the Outer Ring Route of 5 miles in 38min 30sec giving an average speed of 7min30s per mile or a finishing time of approx 3 hours 16 mins!!

Sadly I am long way off keeping that pace up for more than 6 miles let alone 26 !!

New member of the club today, Albert joined us so the groups is growing even if they are not all turning up on the same day !!

Talk of a two lap route next week, better make sure the training levels are kept high in the mean time.

Total Training Miles: 65.8 miles