MY TRAINING FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND HOW MANY 'VIRGINS' ARE RUNNING THE LONDON MARATHON

Barry was quite interested to hear that I was running in the 'VIRGIN' London Marathon, he reckoned I'd have a good chance of winning, as there could not be many 'virgins' left in Britain!!!
Here is my training for the next 2 weeks to take me up to my target 10k [thanks Barry].

Training ---

MON --- J --- 1hr run with 10 x 100 mts sprints & 100 mt jogs between

TUE --- B -- 1 hour with light fartlek

WED --- L -- 200 mts and 3k T/Ts --with 5 mins between

THU --- W -- 45 mins jog

FRI -- O -- 10 x 100 mts fast strides with 300 mt jogs between

SAT --- L --- 5k T/T

SUN --- A/W -- 2hrs easy

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MON --- H -- 16 x 45 mt dashes with 55mt jogs between

TUE --- B -- 45 mins with light fartlek

WED -- L -- 1600 mts --or 1 mile T/T

THU --- W -- 50 min jog

FRI --- Rest day

SAT --- A/W -- 20 mins + N -- 3 x 100 mt strides + 5 min jog .

SUN --- Race .

LONDON MARATHON 2010, I MAKE THE GRADE!

I will soon be consulting with Barry Magee on when to start my Marathon build up after getting my London Marathon acceptance. Exciting times ahead!

TRAINING FOR THE WEEK
Sat 3rd
Long steady run with Tess over the big sandhills and through the pinewoods, very windy! =2.16
Fri 2nd
Easy run with Niz along the velvet trail
= 33.30
Thur 1st
5k tempo run [road] 3.11 miles at 10.0 mph av, 6.00 min per mile pace, this was 8 sec per mile slower than my best time just before the London marathon in April. 18.39, total with warm up/cooldown
=50 mins.
Wed 30th
Long easy run over the big sand dunes , inc running drills, felt very tired, =1.38
Tue 29th
6 mile tempo run on the Clieves hill circuit, 1min 6 sec faster than last month [ felt quite strong] 6.17 p, 9.5 mph av, 37.44, total time = 1.17
Mon 28th
Easy fartlek session on the sandhill 6 course.
30 sec-1 min-2 min-3 min-3 min - 2 min - 1 min - 30 sec with = recovery
= 1.07