Yes I'm Mad!
Tue, August 31, 2010 at 10:01 PM 
Well it’s been a month since I got confirmation that my entry had been accepted for the Edinburgh Marathon and the realisation of what I’ve let myself in for has started to hit home. Initially I felt a nervous excitement, yes I know how can you feel excited about running 26 miles. I have to admit at being slightly puzzled by this reaction myself and ended up concluding that I’m mad. Then a week after that the realization of how much training I need to do hit me, I sat down one Sunday afternoon and put together a training plan for the 9 Months leading upto the event. My plan has me running over 800km, that’s a 160 more than running from London to Edinburgh.
This month I’ve been out running 10 times, covered 37kms , burned 4,014 calories with a total time duration of 3hrs 45mins. I’ve seen a real improvement in my fitness over the last 4 weeks and really goes to show how a little bit of exercise can help a lot. I’ve also changed my diet and moved away from eating takeaways while also not eating as much convenience food. I’ve started eating a lot more fresh fruit and vegetables, while at the same time ensuring I drink at least a litre of water a day and reduced my alcohol intake. I’ve even cut down on the amount of late nights I was having, the combined benefit of all this is I feel more alert and I’m no longer spending Saturday mornings in bed a sleep, anyone would of thought I was a teenager.
The plan for September is to start increasing the distance I’m running and to start swimming once a week. I also need to go out and buy some new running shoes, the ones I’m presently using are about four years old and have been worn out from gym use when I first got them. I expect that I’m going to have to buy at least another pair as well early next year.
If you want to keep up with my training I publishing my run information on Twitter and Facebook. I’ll also be writing a blog once a month about my progress and what I’ve got upto, so feel free to pop by again. Oh and no the picture at the top isn't me running in a blonde wig.