Still too icy out!

I had to go to the gym and run on the treadmill again today as it is still a little too icy out on the paths.  This is ok as it is still a novelty, but I will be glad when the ice clears up – I like the cold just not slipping over.  One good thing about a treadmill, you can be very sure of your pace, so I used that fact to do some intervals.

Downside of running in the gym is that I don’t get the benefit of the outside temperature to keep me cool – I was very hot by the end of this session as it involved some fast pace intervals.  At least I didn’t have to go far to get a shower!

4.125 miles 44m 33s

Nike+ Milton Keynes Half Marathon

I have just signed up to the Nike+ Milton Keynes Half Marathon in March.  Anyone following the Runners World Marathon training schedules will find that this falls on the right week for a half marathon race – genius!  If you are planning to run it, sign up and then register yourself on Daily Mile to let me know you are doing it too.

I’ve not run this race but I know Milton Keynes pretty well so I can imagine this will be a great race, all on the road and pretty flat so you will get a good time.  I am aiming to better the 1hr 59m I clocked at Silverstone in 2007 (in the most incredible weather ever – read my report of this race here) but I was faster round the track than Nigel Mansell!

Hope to see you there!

112 days to go….

….. until the 2010 London Marathon, according to the countdown on the DailyMile Race page I have set up to remind me of this fact.  If you are on DailyMile and running the London Marathon 2010 then add yourself to this page and we can motivate each other.  If  you are not on DailyMile, sign up now - it is a very easy way to share your training efforts with the world.

My first run of the year was on New Year’s Day – a brisk(ish) 3 miler to get the ball rolling.  Unfortunately it also caused my ITB to play up – I haven’t really run since the St Neots Half Marathon when I strained the ITB on my left leg due to the camber of the 13.1 miles of country roads I hauled myself around.  Since yesterday I have been stretching it out , icing it every two hours and trying to look after it in the hope that it will clear up pretty quickly.  If not, my plan of mixing alot of cross training into my marathon training will turn into alot of non-running training – I have already blown the cobwebs off the Concept2 rowing machine I have in my garage courtesy of a neighbour that emigrated last year – it may see alot more action in the next few weeks!

Keep your fingers crossed for me that it heals quickly!