Today is day one. Well actually yesterday was day one but it was a rest day so can't really count that!
First week should be easy enough, I started last week really by making sure I could handle running three days on the trot. Went surprisingly well. Usually I try to have a rest day between runs but that luxury will have to go over the next few months.
So the first goal is to get a marathon done - Duchy Marathon on 3rd March. Between now and then I will also be running some races at around 10 - 15 miles, the first of which is the Endurance Life Dorset "half marathon". Apparently they can't count because its 14.8 miles of very hilly coast path.
Its good to run races in the build up to a long term goal, more motivating and a lot easier than doing everything on your own.
Anyway I got the basics for a 16 week plan here. Tailored it a bit, mainly to fit most of my mid week runs in during lunch breaks, and added in the dates of the races I have booked.
I also just got a copy of Relentless forward progress by Bryon Powell of Irunfar fame which will hopefully help get to the next stage - from Marathon to Ultra. More on that later.
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