So Teresa and I went out for our first run together in weeks last night and I think it was pretty successful. We did our tried and tested route of about 5.7 miles and physically I felt pretty good. Lungs and breathing were fine, legs were a little tired but I think the leg work I've been doing with the stability ball at the gym have really strengthened them. So I was encouraged physically that although I've not been doing a huge amount of running, the other fitness work at least seems to be helping rather than hindering.
Mentally I struggled a bit but that is why Teresa and I make such a good running team. She's ace at pacing and keeping going even when it would be easy to give up. When I run on my own I tend to start out a bit fast, impatient to get home and finished, but last night we ran at a steady pace all the way. And we all know the story of the proverbial tortoise and hare. As with the half marathon, we will run the marathon as tortoises, slow and steady. Perhaps not winning the race but definitely finishing.
We could have gone further last night. And we did toy with the idea of extending the route near to the end. However, one lesson we have learned from doing the half is that we stepped up the training too quickly, daunted by the task ahead of us, and peaked too soon, losing interest in training the nearer we got to the event. So this time we're about where we need to be at the moment and we will steadily increase the distance. Our current focus is a half marathon at the end of March as a training event and we're certainly on track for that. That will hopefully be a good measure of our progress and just what we need to do to step it up again for the full distance.
One things I do need to do is buy a new pair of trainers, from a specialist running shop, sooner rather than later! Either that or buy shares in Compeed :S
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