Category: A Year to 100 Miles

Yes that’s right! I do not know where those other weeks have gone I have not been overly productive if I am honest. I have completed Derby Half Marathon and a 50km in the Peak District (this one was walked) but apart from that my training has been hit and miss.

I dont seem to be motivated by the Woman’s 100 Miler project training plan, I think its too rigid for me as it is set out in three blocks and that’s it, I feel I need something more progressive as I go along so I feel like I’m ticking off the weeks and goals.

So after spending what feels like weeks but has only been the past week asking myself do I really want to do this, followed by London Marathon a week later! Yes you read that right I have been given the opportunity to run London and realised its a week after the 100. Anyway I came to the conclusion that yes I do want to do this craziness.

I have perused training plans and YouTube videos all week and at the end of it still didn’t get that feeling I had found what I was looking for. So today I took the plunge and did an online meet with Steve from PFM coaching to get a feel for what support and structure he could offer me.

I have to be honest I had my reservations about taking on a coach but after speaking with him I feel this is the way forward and he didn’t tell me I am crazy with my goals which is a good start. We did discuss being realistic which is fine. So Paper work completed I am looking forward to starting my training with the support of Steve.

Today is Day One again.

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately, some of it procrastination thinking.

I have wanted to do a 100 miler since finishing Race to the Stones in 2022 but this year somethings stopped me from signing up, not sure what. Maybe it is the fact my training has slackened off over the last 5 months and been non existent since The Yorkshire Marathon, not that it was existent for The Yorkshire Marathon.

I didn’t make the Seaside Ultra in April 2023, gutted but a multitude of reasons why it didn’t happen.

So I spent a week sulking on the sofa telling myself I should get out and not actually getting anywhere. However, this sulky week was not in vain in fact it was quiet productive in the research department and helping me find my mojo again.

It was this week I was introduced to The Woman’s 100 Miler Project and their training plan to get you through 100 miles!! I have become quiet addicted to working my way through their You Tube videos and made my decision 2024 will be the year I complete a 100 Miler!

I’m dropping miles for time on my feet which is a big change in training for me and will get some taking use to and I am making a commitment to completing the strength training. I’m not sure why this plan feels right out of all the ones I have looked at but it just does, maybe it’s from watching Karmella and Lee’s videos that has been the inspiration.

Having looked at the plan and taken it all in, strength training and all, which really is not my forte. I started day 1 today and planned my Callander of running all the way up to The Peak District 100km in July. I will obviously plan the remainder of the months till May next year at a later date, maybe when I have me feet up after a long run. For now I have plenty to be getting on with. Let’s just say Glute bridges and clam shells need some working on.

So you maybe asking which 100 miler is thinking of? I have had my eye on Chester 100 since finishing my first 100km and hopefully bagged my place by helping out at the Pennine Barrier Ultra as support, which is a bonus financially and also means I get to support other Ultra runners. It has a decent cut off of 36 hours and I believe one of the less hillier Ultra’s.

I won’t bore you will daily updates you can get that from my Facebook or Instagram pages, feel free to follow but I will do an update once a week on how the training is going and I will continue to do updates of any events I attend. So watch this space!