T 13 miles (6:32mm), 7 miles (6:34mm)
W 17 miles inc 3X4.5miles (6:05mm), 4 miles (7:31mm)
T 14 miles (6:37mm), 6 miles (7:14mm)
F 9 miles (6:42mm), 6 miles (7:35mm)
S 7.5 miles (7:10mm), 4 miles (7:46mm)
S 28.2 miles including London Marathon (2:34:33)
Total 131 miles (6:34mm)
Total Training Time 14hrs 20mins
This doesn't look like a standard taper week I am sure you will agree! For folks that read my last blog I decided to knock London on the head as a PB attempt and instead focus on my debut at the British 100k Championships on 21st May. Of course I would still run London as I was keen to fulfil my promise of trying to help raise funds for my colleague's son Charlie who needs surgery and physio for his disability. Thank you everyone that has donated and there is till time if you could spare a few pennies. I have been humbled by the generosity of folks that have donated, some of whom I have never even met! So thank you once again. If you are inclined to donate the link is here.
Running the London Marathon at a steady effort would also prove to be a good training run for the 100k.
I travelled down on the Saturday and made my way to the expo, which is a necessary evil! It is so busy on the Saturday and it takes a good three hours out of one's day to get over there, get sorted and get back, even if you do fly through there! There was something positive though and that's that I got to see many of my old club mates from Orpington Road Runners who do a sterling job of volunteering with number and chip collection as well as manning one of the baggage lorries on race day.
I stayed near King's Cross on my own and made my way across to Blackheath on Sunday. Once inside the Champs start it was great to see so many of my running friends from far and wide and catch up on what their plans were for the race ahead. I was so excited and for this once I wasn't nervous as I would be taking it relatively easy.
I started quite a bit further back than I normally do but was still over the line in a few seconds and was running a long with Rob Downs before he shot off into the distance. I was also with Mark Offord and Stuart Beaney for large parts of the first half. There was also the novel situation of running with a chap dresses as a carrot until the 9 mile point. I even tried to do Facebook live interview with him on the go! It was a guy called Andrew Lawrence who actually runs for Morpeth. I'm not sure his kit would have stood the test of UKA scrutiny to count for team prizes but he ran very quickly for a carrot.
The race wore on and I felt great, I was having an absolute ball, high fiving and getting cheers from the folks at the roadside, some of whom I knew and others that I didn't. London really is ace as you get to feel a bit like a Rock Star for a couple of hours. The race proved to be a very good training session and I completed in a slight negative split with 2:34 feeling on the whole very comfortable. It is still a long way though so the legs are always going to be a touch tired especially with 130 miles in the legs for the week.
London Marathon Splits
So following the race there was exactly four weeks until the 100k. That would give me couple of weeks of big miles before tapering down!
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