Janathon Day 9 - Janathon has gone to my head!

 For some inexplicable reason I woke up this morning and decided I was going to book a Marathon. 

I have been considering various races for quite some time but have been very indecisive.  

The Cumbrian Run is a half marathon I have always wanted to do but I have never been able to fit it in - I always seem to be doing something else on that day.  Chester marathon which is the marathon I did last year falls on the same date this year as The Cumbrian Run, so I decided against Chester mainly due to this but also I've done that route and  if I am going to suffer yet again for 26.2 miles I would like the route to be a surprise!! It's not always good knowing what's ahead - especially when there is a hill at 25 miles! Another option (which was my favoured one) is Dublin marathon.  However, the Lottery have pulled out of sponsoring the event - they say it will still go ahead but with a new sponsor. I am loath to book it because I will also have to book flights and hotel accommodation which I will still be tied to should it be cancelled nearer the time. 

After considering all these points the Yorkshire Marathon seems to fit my plans well being 2 weeks after The Cumbrian Run which will be a good training run for the marathon, and even if I still get into the GNR this is a month before and can also be used as a training run.


So this morning I thought enough - just get on with it! So that's exactly what I did!  

York here we come! 

I'm very excited about it and ever so slightly nervous too - I will have to start scouring the internet for training plans to suit!  One problem will be the fact we are going on holiday to America for 3 weeks  and I will get back 10 weeks before the marathon.  My training will have a gaping big gap in it but hey-ho good recovery time!!

How's Janathon going I here you ask, that is why we are here!

Today's allotted exercise was a run, and with renewed enthusiasm for running (after committing myself to a marathon) I decided to do some hills. It was a dry night for a change but extremely cold and frosty.  I set off towards the hill I always run up and down (like a lunatic), but initially I struggled. Not long after setting off I came across a woman pedaling a bike very very slowly on the pavement pulling a wide cart full of Asda shopping! (has she not heard of a taxi?).  The cart was too wide to get past without going on the road and the traffic was too heavy to risk this, which is probably why she was on the pavement to start with! I did some huffing and puffing behind her until she finally got the hint and stopped to let me squeeze past! Once past her I tried to up my speed but the cold air made my chest feel really tight and I struggled breathing correctly.  I told myself that once I got to my hill I would only do a couple of hill reps before heading home but strangely once I got into the zone and was running continuously up and down said hill I felt invincible!  The more I ran the more I enjoyed it - I only headed home because of the time! I arrived home on a high and was informed by my daughter that I was weird! Tell me something new!


I did 6.24 hilly miles which can be viewed here. 

I was supposed to be going to my usual circuit training class tonight too but after all the hill reps my legs and bum weren't feeling very up for it so I decided to give them a rest! 

Back to swimming tomorrow!

Running miles today: 6.24

Time: 1 hour 02 minutes 43 seconds
Average pace: 9:53 min/miles

Total Janathon Running miles: 27.83  / 80 running miles

Total Janathan Walking miles: 12.79 / 30 walking miles

Total Janathan Cycling miles: 23.39/ 130 cycling miles

Total Janathon Swimming miles: 1.65 / 10 swimming miles

Total Janathon non-mileage exercise: 1 hour Circuits

Total Janathon mileage: 65.66