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Ok ! What on earth is a 17 stone former rugby player doing entering marathons at the grand old age of 37 for ??? Too many bangs on the head i wonder ???

Anyway, its too late now, i am officially runner number 16901 !! And without really having a clue what im doing, im expecting to line up behind Martin Lel , Paul Tergat , and probably even Paula Radcliffe ( though i hope not to get in their way too much !!! ) , on april 13th , 2008 !!

Nice people at Runners World send me an email every week with a training plan, and im trying really hard to stick to it, but work and family life make this difficult !! Find myself running in the dark at strange times of the day and night a lot at the moment !!

Oh, and another thing, my mate that applied with me, he never got in, as he never posted the application away !!! He said he would come down to London though, to help carry me home afterwards !!

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How slow is easy pace ??

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How slow is easy pace ??

10:12 p.m. on 8th January 2008
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Pretty uneventful 4 miles tonight !! Legs still seem to work after yesterdays speed session which is a bonus !!!

One thing though, i was meant to take it easy, only i dont know how fast easy should be !! Was real cold and i never wanted to hang around so, i just ran my usual pace, which, to some would be pretty easy going i guess !!

Bit stiff when i finished so i made sure i stretched all the major muscles, and a few not so important ones too !!

New nike trainers seemed ok, a little bit tighter than my Asics ones, are all Nike shoes slightly narrow ? Wont wear them tomorrow though, they still a bit too new !!

Tomorrow , 3 miles at a steady pace ??? Now we got problems !! Slow steady or fast steady i wonder ?? Or same steady as every other time i run ??

Horrible forecast for tomorrow, might try treadmill in Gym, but not a fan of it !! We will see , could be outside yet !!

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I have one speed - slow! If I went slower I would be going backwards, and faster and I would collapse after half a mile. Maybe get a heart rate monitor and try staying within certain heart rate, though according to mine I run all my runs at tempo pace lol. Runners world do a training pace calculator http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=1676 that might help.

posted by kizzi10000 on 9 Jan. 2008 7:25a.m.

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thanx for that, seems im running my slow runs too fast !!! That cant be right ? lol

posted by hs1big_al on 9 Jan. 2008 10:43p.m.

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