Marathon Training: Week 7

Week 7

Monday 15^th June –Rest Day

Tuesday 16^th June

Flying over to Perth today to visit family on holiday. Keith Fearnley was very understanding that I was catching up with family and friends so just told me to run for 30-40minutes as many times as I can through the week to keep my fitness up.

Wednesday 17^th June

Distance: 7.09km

Location: Mandurah, Perth

Straight away I noticed the rise in temperature over in Western Australia compared to the East, even early in the morning.

Where my family was based was right down on the sea front, a beautiful location to go and explore.

Off I set along the beach road, my legs were tired perhaps from the flight so I found it difficult to really get moving, but decided just to enjoy my new surroundings and see how far I could go.

20minutes out and 20minutes back was suitable for me, so I stuck to it, not wanting to overdo any training.

Thursday 18^th June

Distance: 6.68km

Location: Mandurah, Perth

Hoping that the previous days run would have cleared my legs I decided to go off a little quicker early in the morning.

Once again I followed the beach track but then diverted on to the main road as the gradient was quite steep and I wanted to push myself a little further on a hill. I managed but still felt weakness in my legs from the flight; this is something I will have to seriously consider when flying to Wellington for the marathon.

Immediately after I reached the top, I turned around to head back home; I was on holiday after all so 30minutes total was quite enough.

The pace was quicker than the previous day but still nowhere near the times I had managed when in Altona over previous weeks, no need to worry though I still felt strong in my running.

Friday 19^th June

Distance: 7.84km

Location: Mandurah, Perth

Sticking to what Keith told me I set off again early morning to complete another 40minutes.

The scenery really is stunning, magnificent houses overlooking a beautiful beach; it really is easy to start daydreaming when running in a place like this. That is until you stumble across a couple of kangaroos, you soon start to focus what is around you and tread carefully then.

40minutes did the trick; I was getting stronger and felt fresh for every run.

Saturday 20^th June – Rest day with 60minutes walking

Sunday 21^st June

This is where it all started to go wrong!

I met up in the city with a few friends on Saturday night and after a few drinks, Sunday was a write-off, which is unusual for me as I don’t usually suffer from hangovers.