218km in July

Highest total all year, pretty pleased!

About 4 weeks till C2S marathon, no injuries in training so far. Feeling unsure about the 4hr target, a consistent 5:40 per k over 42.2k feels slightly out of my reach at the moment. Only one more long run of 32k scheduled next Sun, then taper. Looking forward to it :-)

Decided to enter Perth C2S Marathon

One of those spur of the moment decisions, I have 62 days to train :-) Race is on Aug 25th.

This week was my first 40k+ training week of the year. Very pleased. Goal for the marathon is sub-4 hours. I have done marathons before, both in 2009, the Perth Marathon and the C2S. So I do know the C2S course and I know the second half is hilly. It's a tough nut to crack. My time in 2009 was 4:20, so I'm hoping for a 20 min PB this time round.

Trying to get to 40km per week

I think my running is finally coming together. If I can get to 40km a week I think I will be good enough to attempt some 10k races, maybe the Joondalup 10k in August. If I can do 4 x 5km in the week (5k lunchtime runs) then that leaves 20km to do split across Sat and Sun. Pretty much the only way I can do the Sat/Sun runs is first thing in the morning, which is hard in the winter when it is still dark at 6:30am.

The chart above shows my 30 day totals. Lots of peaks and troughs, if I get to 40k a week it should steady at the 160km line.

Good start to the year

9 runs so far this year, with the last 4 on successive days. No injuries. Hoping to get up to 40km a week soon.