Week 16 summary

Good week to rest a little after 45+ miles last week. Little bit less planned due to other half doing her first half marathon so worked around that. A little bit of week 16 will run into Week 17 to get my last big long run in before starting to taper off training. Phew. much needed.

Day 1 Horse riding + 5miles + body conditioning class.
Found that horse riding (trotting especially) really stretches out the hamstrings and calf muscles.. really helps me after a hard week so will carry this on. Some jogging around the riding to get there, and then back home to change for the gym and a favourite class.

Day 2 Running .. 11 miles hard, lots of hills, around birkenhead park, down to the docks.
Even made it down the witches steps at Bidston Hill.. whoo... very scary. Old steps going very steep down. supposedly used for covens etc, leading into a very overgrown forest. Actually a really good trail run and lots of fun.

My Race pack received finally. Number is 3908 I think (photo to follow), in the blue pen, 4-5 hours. Bo. I can go under 4hrs though but can't get into that pack at the start, can probably catch them up.

Day 3 Football at lunch, good game with lots of sprinting, no night time running.

Day 4 7.5 mile run early Friday morning. Managed to sort my garmin watch out also... too many runs logged and had used up the memory. Reset back to factory defaults and all fine now.

Day 5 6.5 mile run... a little tired + last workshop from Liverpool Marathon.
.. lots of good info about how to run the best race time wise (whether to do steady pace or negative split), final tips for diet and carb loading, and also how to run this mentally, getting into the zone and "flowing". .all very thought provoking... how do you get yourself in the perfect place, what do you think about at your best? Some people said nothing, some people said euphoria, I said tunnel vision/ looking at the person and things ahead - so concentrating on the task. Told I'm competitive. This I knew.

Nothing planned for sunday, with Mrs FRC doing the Warrington Half Marathon.Yay! Go! Mrs FRC.

Last 20miler long run planned for Wednesday, taking the day off at the moment.
Then I can rest a little, will 20-30% less each week till Oct 9th.