Sarahs Weightloss Blog

Hi Everyone,

OK, it’s official, I’ve been talking on and off about my training for the half marathon, knowing that I could back out if I wanted to, but no more – I’ve paid the entry fee which I can’t get back no matter what, and so now officially HAVE to do the race!  It’s silly, but I feel really nervous now.  Actually perhaps not so silly, but rather smart considering the length of the course, here’s the map . . . 

Excuse me for a moment . . . AAAAGGGHHHH!!!!!

I’ve mostly been training on the treadmill, so you don’t realise the distance you cover, but basically from this map you a running all over nottingham . . . and back again.  The course is 13.1 miles.  If I manage to maintain my pace (6 miles/hr) through the whole thing I’ll finish in 2 hrs 11 minutes, but I have entered as expecting to finish in 2 1/2 hrs, considering that I won’t be on a treadmill :S and, er, there are some hills involved *eeeek*.

So, I’ve got 6 weeks till the race and thus 5 weeks of training left.  The longest I have so far run is 9 miles on the treadmill at 6 miles per hour all the way with a 10% incline.  That was over a week ago and I haven’t been able to do it again – it really finished me off.  Now I really need someone to kick me up the bum to get me to do a long run outdoors – maybe half the course to start with.

Wish me luck :S

Till next time