Cold Tuesday

Well winter definitely made its appearance today! What a difference from all the lousy rain and wind we have been having recently. I saw -4 on the way to the gym this morning. Yesterdays planned weights session didn't happen due to feeling completely knackered and also clients resheduling their sessions so I never had the time. Not to worried about missing this training day but want to get back into it today. Thankfully I managed to eat well and a couple of Sci-Mx shakes kept me going through the day.

Today is a half marathon treadmill day. I have my laptop ready and will watch a movie whilst running the 21k on the tread'. Whilst doing the run I will be drinking a mix of water and trying out Sci-Mx Perfor-mx extreme supplement. Last time I did this I used lucozade sport and water mix but this should give me more energy throughout the run. I will let you know how I get on.

Tiring weekend!

It's just gone 8am Monday morning and thankfully my first client is running late so I can catch up with a few things. This weekend was my sons 6th birthday so it was a whirlwind of go karting with 20 loud kids, birthday cake, far to many presents, a new We the People BMX (more for me than him) and no time to train. Top it all off with no sleep last night and poor food equals no energy today...

Training plan for this week is weights today and Wednesday, half marathons Tuesday and Thursday, rest day Friday and racing Kona Mash Up on Saturday.

My other plan is to survive today and get lots of sleep this week!

Let the fun begin.

Training

Just finished training for the day. A steady 10k on the treadmill at work. Most of the training I'm going to be doing will be pretty steady trying to keep the heart rate in the low 130s - 140s. This week its all about 10k runs, everyday building up the miles. Next week 3 20 k runs plus some bike work as I'm racing at Kona Mash Up at the weekend.

Todays 10k took 48 mins 10secs and I felt fine the whole time.

Nutrition wise I have eaten well and supplemented with a Sci-Mx Lean grow shake, Tri Omega and multi vitamin tablets.

Sleep is vital when training and last night managed to get 7 hours quality sleep. One thing I have noticed is with poor sleep you get poor performance!

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This is the link for my charity donation page.

Introduction

I have decided to undertake 'a run in the country'..., never officially attempted before, both as a personal challenge and a means of drawing attention to the importance of health and fitness in our lives. All whilst raising a significant amount for the extremely worthwhile cause of Help for Heroes.

So what am I actually going to be doing? On Saturday 8th May 2010 I will start out in Bath and over the next 24 hours I will run the whole length of the Cotswold Way, past Chipping Sodbury, Stroud, Painswick, Cheltenham, Winchcombe, Broadway and ultimately arriving in Chipping Cambden. All in all a distance of 102 miles (95% off road - so think mud, hills, stiles and unexpected nighttime surprises), the equivalent of pretty much 4 marathons back to back!!!

Helping me in this challenge (because doing this on my own is just crazy) is Sci-Mx who will be key in keeping me running. Their supplements, nutritional knowledge and advice are vital in enabling me to complete the run.

Over the next 5 or so months I will be using this blog to report on my training, eating, fitness and everything I learn! I imagine its going to be a steep curve... For now this weeks training is 10k everyday. Next week half marathons every other day. I will let you know how it goes.