Several weeks between posts and only 13 weeks to Berlin. Don't worry guys, I still exist.
Last week I planned to start with SERIOUS training for Berlin, but was struck with some ugly disease - flu, cold - that kind of thing. So, no training all week for the sake of recovering properly.
Before that I played around with running, swimming, riding in all forms with a variety of easy and hard sessions, just having a lot of fun. I set myself up with a CompuTrainer (had to buy a Windows laptop for that though, eerrrrgh) with a training video of Kona included.
I'll have to improve a lot to make the distance end of next year. In swimming I can already see some improvement, but let's be honest, I'm still no good. My golf score for 50m is 110 (50 strokes plus 60 seconds).
Having to take last week off certainly hasn't helped, but panicking won't either.
The bonus is that my heel feels pretty good, I can even stand on it when I get up in the morning, yeah!
Ok, so the plan is all laid out working up to a peak of about 80ks in the first week of September. I'll include a number of races, if they fit from week to week. This includes the City to Surf, but at this point I am not sure whether to do the 12k or the HM. Whilst I'd like to do the 12k for sentimental reasons - because I'd like to beat my PB, doing the HM would probably fit in better into the training plan.
Maybe I'll also do Lake Gwelup 10k - just two weeks out. But we'll see.
All the best to Epi, Clown & TB & anyone else who is a starter at the Perth Marathon. I'll be there to support jnr in the Kids' Marathon.
