Sunday 17 February 2008

Good weather for a ten mile run

Today I've hit a bit of a milestone, I've finally made it up to the magic ten miles, a target I've been itching to achieve for a few weeks now. And one I'd have reached sooner if not for my knee giving me a set back. Still, I've made it now, and it's onwards and upwards from here. I'm running the Silverstone half marathon in just three weeks, and the big one is now only eight weeks away. So that's just five weeks of build-up before the three week tail-off. How time flies when you're having fun!

In preparation for today's long run, I decided to take the advice of Daniel Bateman (Australian 200m & 400m Champion):
"I wear Skins ™ to bed between rounds at competitions to assist recovery and I wear them for warm up and to prevent injury in the lead up to competitions"

I wore my Skins to bed last night, and it seemed to make a difference, my leg didn't feel sore when I started my run today, and despite a bit of a grumble as usual around mile 3, it settled down quickly and I made it through the ten miles with no further pain.

Mile 1 - 12m41s
Mile 2 - 12m37s
Mile 3 - 13m39s
Mile 4 - 10m28s
Mile 5 - 12m02s
Mile 6 - 12m35s
Mile 7 - 12m36s
Mile 8 - 13m26s
Mile 9 - 12m49s
Mile 10 - 13m08s

The mile points where I took mylap times are approximate, but the overall distance is the same. Ten miles!

Back to swimming tomorrow and then running again on Tuesday.

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Running 13.1 miles in memory of Carl

I ran the Silverstone Half Marathon on 15th March 2009. I managed the 13.1 mile course in 2 hours and 4 minutes. Not a bad effort for my first Half Marathon! I returned in 2010 to run it in 1 hour 54 minutes, and plan to do it again in 2011. I decided to run this in aid of The PSC Trust and PSC Support in memory of my brother Carl, who died from liver failure in November 1997. If you'd like to sponsor me for this - please email me at pscrun@ulen.me.uk PSC Trust
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