No training done this week !!!!

It must have been one of my 3 kids who decided to share a lovely cold with me. I've had the worst sore throat ever since last Friday, I even went to the doctors. A virus, (of course) what else could it be, everything's a virus these days. As antibiotics can't help my virus I've been living on paracetamol and ibuprofen for about a week now. It could catch on as a new diet fad - I've lost 5lbs.

So today is the first day in ages that I haven't taken any pain killers and I've stopped rattling. I'm hoping to restart running over the weekend as I haven't been since last Wednesday. I did think about doing my 14 miles last Sunday but when I got up in the morning I felt so rough I just went back to bed.

I've got quite a lot of catching up to do. I'll be stuffing my face with carbs and drinking loads of water to rehydrate ready for a short run tomorrow. Don't think I'll attempt 14 miles this weekend, but maybe later in the week I'll have a bit more energy.

8 weeks to go this Sunday. On Monday I'll be able to say "Next month I'm running the London Marathon" OMG......

Sarah xxxxxx

Where is the time going ?

I can't believe that it is only 10 weeks today until the London Marathon. It doesn't seem so long ago that I was trying really hard to run just one mile and now today I ran 12 miles. Ok, as usual it wasn't in a record breaking time (2 hours 20 mins) and I did stop to walk on the odd hill or two....but I did it.

I'm hoping that my photo of me crossing the finish line has a time that begins with a 4. Knowing my luck it will be 5:00:01 and there will be a giant yellow banana in the background or one of those rhino runners. My aim is to finish in under 5 hours, my original dream of just over 4 hours, I now realise was just a fantasy.

This week my training will hopefully go to plan even with the kids at home for half term. Tuesday is a 6 mile run, Thursday hill running (yuck...I HATE HILLS), 3 miles on Saturday and then the long one Sunday - 14 miles.

I've had some lovely people sponsor me this week. One of the girl's teachers at parent evening asked to sponsor me and then one of my neighbours saw my poster in my car and sponsored me a pound a mile. Really generous of them. There's a link to my sponsorship page on the right or ask me for my sponsorship form - i carry it everywhere.

Thanks for reading. Sarah xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I did it - I ran 10 miles.

I've decided to mess around with my training schedule and change the days of my runs. Sunday's "Long Slow Run" was proving too hard after working all night on a Saturday. I just didn't have the energy to run 10 miles or more.

So now my long runs will be on a Wednesday - the 1st was today. I ran 10 miles.....whoop whoop. Ok, I ran and walked a slow 10 miles in 2 hours 2 mins (that's about a 12 min mile). It's not going to break any records - but I did it.

I ran 3 miles yesterday, I get a day off tomorrow to recover, then 4 miles on Friday and Saturday. Sundays and Mondays will now be rest days to catch up on sleep after working nights at the weekend.

So after my long run today I have a good excuse to eat loads to refuel. This might involve chocolate !!!!

Thanks to everyone who has sponsored me this week. My total is going up all the time.

Sarah xxxxx