My "Marathon Training Guide" tells me I should have cut down to 50-70% of average mileage and busying myself with short marathon-pace runs. Well, that would be fine and dandy if I could be bothered to work out what my average mileage was, or go out for a short 7 min/mile run without feeling a bit fed up, but since neither of those two things are likely to happen it seems sensible to do the training session instead.
Amazing change in the weather over the last two days: it's actually Autumn now! Yes, all that misty, frosty, glowing morning, sun-blessed daytime and chill damp eveningtide stuff- and berries, and fruits, and hopefully Bock Bier and hot toddies and whatever to come from the evening of 27 October onwards!
Anyway, so now you've got the weather report, back to tonight's training. Another new one on me - it turns out to be belting up and down the pavement by the side of the main road by the palatial new cop-shop for 500m at a time. I actually think that belting up and down the pavement by Weaver Valley Road for 500m at a time would be better on the grounds that (a) it undulates and therefore is more interesting (b) there is less chance of getting stopped by a bored policeman (c) it's a lot nearer my house. Oh well.
I opt to run with Dave H and Mel in order to enjoy myself rather than get knackered, and very nice training partners they are too. I do feel a twinge of guilt when I see poor James running solo , but it passes, 10 times over! It's really a great boost to realise that I'm doing this at a pace that in a former life was quite hard for me to maintain, but tonight is a doddle. Dave accuses me of jogging - so that must mean I'm doing it right. We're graced by the company of big Stuart Doyle tonight - last time I saw him was after he'd just run "33 something" at Sutton, which is something I can't even dream about. We also see Matt Brown out for a steady run and he attracts a good solid burst of abuse (never a good idea to plan your steady in the vicinity of a speed session).
Altogether a thoroughly enjoyablke evening - I'm actually enjoying the holiday at the moment, getting to run short and easier, and having a good excuse to cook all my favourite pasta recipes every night. It can't last of course, and next week I've got to start "visualising" or whatever it is that means I stand a vague chance of remembering what I'm supposed to be doing and when during the race. I think it's going to be OK though, honestly. As long as I DON'T CATCH ANYTHING!
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