Well I did a marathon, I did a half, I did a Tri – I thought the next stop might be a 10K, but it appears instead I am going to try to run 100K, omg.
I had an interest in seeing just how far I could run around last year, it must be possible to run a “long” way – longer even than a marathon, but I knew that the marathon was really bloody hard, and I was shagfaced after it. But that was five years ago, and I started from nothing, so surely the next step was to be able to run two and a half of them – back to back?
Anyway, after another drunken night in the Trader, I figured I’d have a look and give it a go – so last week I successfully paid my £119 and signed up for the race to the stones.
I have no idea if I can do it, and to be honest I am a little doubtful at the moment – but the time limit is 36 hrs, so even if I crawl I should be able to do it in that time??
So “training” started this week, the race isn’t for about 10 months – so plenty of time, perhaps too long – but I went out this week to see what I am capable of. Five years ago I went out and barely managed a mile, today I did approx. 10 and although my knee hurt a little it was okay – so a decent base to start from…
I am looking to be able to run around 20 miles in a single effort before Christmas, then start a proper regime around Feb time – I’ll need to buy a load of new kit – so that makes it worth while – surely..
So here is where we start :
B/P –
Weight – 12st 3lb
Miles this week – ~20 miles
Liquid- 18 Stella pints, 5 bottles