Monday, 16 July 2012

Official Start Date

Week 1 - Day 1  Monday16th July

Well it has finally come around; the official start date for the Training Schedule for Congleton Half-Marathon.  Although I haven't actually been running today, I have still been doing Strengthening and balance exercises as well as 3 walks.  I also have been sticking to the Runners World suggested training diet for Half-Marathonians. 

I seem to have picked up a mild injury on Saturday at the Park run.  After some research, I have come to the conclusion that it is probably Bursitis so I'm going to alternate between specific exercises, Ibuprofen gel and Ice-packs to start with.  The funny thing is that it hurts more to walk than it does to run so I could perhaps be wrong about my diagnosis.  However, I'm going to stick to it anyway.

The first few weeks of the Schedule seem so boring because I have picked the beginners version to do for my first Half Marathon.  According to Runners World I should have been running for a year before attempting a half-marathon so I'd better be careful.  It would be terrible to pick up some bad injury before Barcelona.  Boring or not; I'm still looking forward to do the best part of the training - the actual running part.  That starts tomorrow with a short easy run.

What could be more fitting than Potters Trotters also having their first Q&A Session after the run tomorrow ,which will be specifically about all aspects of racing? Great!

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