Just 12 days left now until I’m running the Derwent from
source to sea, 47 miles! Training has
gone well, but I feel I haven’t got in as many long runs as I would have liked
to, most I’ve run so far is 20 miles.
The last few weeks when I’ve wanted to get some more in I have been
hampered with, just being a working dad of 2 busy children and who has other
commitments that sometime needs to be done.
Also, children are diseased ridden and are infectious to anything they
touch, meaning you are likely to get a cold like I have. When a baby sneezes directly into your face,
then smiles and laughs, I’m starting to think that they know damn well what
they are doing and they are just being evil! 😊
Saying that I’ve been getting regular 13-15 mile runs in and
feeling fine with this distance, in the planning phase we’ve been estimating a
60% run, 40 % walk. I’m sure this will
be more like 50% run, 20% walk, 15% hobble, 10% walk like a zombie and 5%
crawl. I may split the walk into 10%
mosey and 10% strut (any other walking stiles you feel could be incorporated
let me know).
In these last few days before the big push, I’ve started
tapering down now with the plan to just to runs between 5 and 10km. Nothing to strenuous that will cause the legs
to suffer days later but just enough to keep them ticking over. I will continue to pace around the office
while I’m on the phone to have that time on legs training as well as much
lunchtime walk. I’m hoping that the past
few months of doing these extra bits and pieces will pay off when it comes to
the event.
I bought new trainers on the weekend, I know, I know I
should have got them earlier but I didn’t, I kept putting it off and never got
around to it. So hopefully my short runs
will bed them in before the run. Did a
short 2 mile run tonight with them and they felt good. I bought a set of New Balance 1080v6 (https://runrepeat.com/new-balance-fresh-foam-1080). These are the third pair of the 1080’s I’ve
had and Strava informs me that I was just shy of 600 miles in the last pair, so
I know them, I know they fit my feet well, so I’m confident in that they will
work well on the day.
Look out for my next blog, which I will go through the kit I’m
planning to use for the run!
I hope you all had good week, let us know what you get up to
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GO and Get Outdoors And Live!
Owen
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