I guess I have to call this the worst week so far in my marathon training. I blogged this time last week about the joys of getting my personal best over the half marathon, and was looking forward to this (week 12) week of training. Alas, it was not to be…. I contracted some sort of stomach bug, which made itself very obvious about midnight on Monday. I was laid up in bed all day Tuesday, and did not really recover until Friday. Still – rather go down with something like that now, and not in race week.
Needless to say, the training suffered. I was able to get out on both Saturday and Sunday, posting 11 miles each day. Going out on Saturday was really tough, my legs did not know what hit them. Sunday was as little better.
Got a little boost in the week when the letter turned up with my London Marathon number. If you are watching, I will be running as # 39401, probably with the Get Kids Going charity vest on.
Have hit 45% of the sponsorship target. Big thanks to all that have donated. We are collecting at http://www.justgiving.com/Ian-and-Robin-do-London and are so close to that magical £1,000 (50%)!!
Week 12 Target -> 43
Week 12 Actual -> 22
BMI 24:39, Weight 74.7 KG (11 stone 10.7 lbs) – not a good sign – a kilo lost to the damn virus this week
4 weeks (28 days) to go!!!!
The Song that really pushed a weak body around this weekend: Don’t Stop me Now – Queen.
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