19th Jan 2025

Goals for the week

This week my goals were:

• Run ~40 miles
• ❌ Race 10 miler on Sunday
• 1 x Gym
• Try a gel on an easy run, to begin getting used to these again

1 gym session

Again decided to fit this in early, with a Monday eve session. Added straight-leg deadlifts to last week’s workout, to incorporate hamstrings.

• Lunges with dumbells – 2x16kg
• Bent knee calf raises – 16kg
• Straight-leg deadlifts – 2x16kg
• Glute med rotations with cable
• Hip flexor extension with kettlebell

The gel trial

Did this on Tuesday morning’s run. Gels on an empty stomach aren’t my favourite. I tried one of the maurten 40s I had lying around, and it went down fine. I also used one on Sunday’s long run.

I want to trial SIS again, which I had success with in my last marathon.

(No) Race | Long Run

Well this didn’t go as planned.

I was excited about my first race of the year, and this race is one I’ve enjoyed before.

Thanks to a broken gate I didn’t make it more than 100ft towards the race.

Gate-gate.

When one gate closes, open another. I made the most of the 6am wake-up and went on a long run instead.

13 miles before 9am was not a terrible alternative to the disappointment of missing a race.

Mileage

39 miles done.

Thoughts

That’s 2 weeks down, 12.5% of this plan done. Agh.

I started extending Wednesday’s run, towards a medium-long run, that I’ve found valuable before. I found it fatiguing, and I may need to consider eating before this one.

The long run was another good one, though unplanned.

I also found out that Kipchoge is going to run London! How exciting. Lining up beside (behind) the greatest ever.

Goals for next week

Onto week 3.

• 42 miles
• 15 miles long run
• 10 mile medium long run