Less than 50 days to go now until the London Marathon.
This chart shows weekly mileage - weeks 1-17 are actual miles run and weeks 18-24 are planned miles. This past week was week 17 which you'll see was one of the three highest mileage weeks in the plan. Each of these weeks is followed by an easier week. Last week was made up of 5 runs totalling 46.6 miles. Thanks to oversleeping on Wednesday and then a serious case of 'can't be bothered' later the same day I was left with having to run a fast 6 miles on Thursday, 20 miles on Friday and 10 slow miles on Saturday. My legs were ready for a rest by the end of the 10 miles - to be honest they were ready for a rest before the start of the 10 miles. This week's 20 miles felt a lot harder than last week's 19.2 miles - but a look at the chart above gives one possible reason as to why that might be.
20 miles is the furthest I will run before race day (in weeks 17, 19 and 21). So only two more 'long' runs to go before the big day.
This week has a couple of quicker runs and a long run of 'only' 12 miles.
Sponsorship is going well too. You'll know that I'm running for Christian Aid and committed to raising £2000. So far I have reached £1331. A big thank you to everyone who has sponsored me so far. If you want to sponsor me visit www.virginmoneygiving.com/keithtarring
