Saw this the other day, 5 to be exact, I was scrolling through my emails when I discovered this one.
What only 4 months to go! Seriously that can’t possibly be right? Can it?
It was this point I realised with lack of running over the past 4 weeks due to circumstances beyond my control mixed with lack of daylight meant my training really had taken a nose dive.
So after sitting and seriously contemplating deferring my place with no belief in my self Ive told myself to buck up my ideas, get those plans in place and those trainers dusted off because this girl can and will cross that finish line even if I have to walk it.
I know I’ll need to put more effort in and ramp up the training no matter what the weather throws at me. I just hope the white stuff dosnt turn up.
So here I am porridge prior to run and a cuppa before going out for a gentle plod.
Today wasn’t about breaking record times or distances it was about just getting these legs going again and taking that scary step back out the door. Not sure why it seems so scary.
I set off down the road passing the trail entrance. I can imagine it would be pretty boggy so decided to follow the road round pass midland and enter Roethervalley via the main road trail entrance.
Knowing today would be a tough one I kept to a slow pace, I’m pretty sure I could have walked faster at times (that may be an exaggeration but what it felt like at times)
I followed the trail to the end then down onto the lake deciding to turn right as oppose to running round the whole lake today.
The path round the lake was icy and I could feel my feet slip several times I really must invest in trail trainers in new year along side a new pair of normal running ones.
Running back the way I had come to the main road. I stopped at the bottom of the hill and walked the hill back up home. Today was not a day for hill training, it really was just a day for being proud of getting out and doing what I could.
Feeling more positive now so this afternoons plan is to plan my 16 weeks of training and read my marathon training guide.
Here’s to the next 16 weeks!!
