After gym yesterday it was cardio today and the plan says to do 30 minutes at a steady pace…so that’s what I did…it felt good.. calf didn’t hurt…legs hurt overall but they have been for a week’s anyway. I’m finding that its becoming a chore rather than enjoyment…training for a marathon across this 16 week plan is very intense and its taking the fun out of running. Having said that I’m enjoying while running (if that makes sense) just that I have to achieve certain goals by certain times to be able to run this marathon. Usually when I was a gym bot last year I would do cardio 3 times a week plus play football but it was to my choice. Maybe it’s a mental thing based on fear of my injuries flaring up. My right knee is beginning to hurt around the patella area (this happens to it a lot when I run a lot, its how my left knee got bad and which I neglected and ended up having operations for) its strapped up but maybe a better support to get it through the plan. I’m not convinced the state of my knees will allow me to run a marathon and a bad injury isn’t far away…. I guess you carry on going till that point comes really.
Day 24 – I took a rest day…..body was wrecked after a lengthy journey home…this now means the next 4 days will be training days…the weather is supposed to be chilly maybe I do all the running indoors on the the dreaded treadmill. I need to go to the gym to do strength work more… I don’t feel my usual healthy self J
So I decided to run a marathon 