Training for a marathon and more!
Its rare that I enter an event just for the bling, but I did love the Milton Keynes marathon badge this year. I've done this event twice before, and didn't enjoy it much the second time - the course had moved to a new route, and it wasn't a patch on what it was before. However, the course is now back starting and finishing at the stadium, and I'm looking forward to it. I haven't followed a formal training plan this time, but I've tried to cover the gist of it around what I normally do. I try and get in three runs a week - a technical session, a paced shorter distance and a longer run at the weekend. I use my running club's training session on a Tuesday as my technical - this is usually intervals, hill reps or other formal training exercises. The club also runs a paced 10k circuit on Thursday at which I am a regular - it gives me good company and a consistent distance. The only difference that marathon training has really made is that I've been pushing ...