HR Zone: >75% (157bpm)
Schedule: 90 min easy
Actual: 103 mins easy (9.16 miles)
The Robin Hood marathon organisers had released the provisional marathon route this week, which I downloaded and immediately started stressing over!!! Well maybe I wasn't as dramatic as that but seeing the route and knowing the roads made me realise what I've undertaken. The route follows the half marathon route and then turns off with about a mile to go and heads out to the east side of Nottingham. The half marathon route is the same as last year and I'm fairly comfortable with the roads, having run the route last year and parts of it the year before. However the 2nd half of the marathon has sections I've never run before. Granted a big part of it I drive everyday as it's my route to work but I am unfamiliar with some of it.
So I decided that instead of the usual run routes I use I'll start using the roads that are on the marathon route. This started today when I went for a run out to my office and back and then down part of the Lady Bay section of the the route.
It was a reasonably hot and sunny day, I popped a couple of Ibuprofen, put my running belt on with some water and gummy bears in it and set off. And everything went well. My pace at recovery level is increasing slowly and I felt good the whole way. I did just over 9 miles but felt that I could have done more if I'd had more water and something to eat.
Feeling more confident about the marathon now as I feel that the training is working and making myself familiar with the route means I won't get any surprises!!
Today's Lesson : Ibuprofen seems to alleviate the pain from shin splints. Buy more ibuprofen!!!
Injury prevention for the run : Started to strap right ankle. Used Morrisons strapping bandage which adheres to itself and is reusable and followed some YouTube guides. Felt good. Might need to do right ankle in future as well. And knee strapping. It is worth YouTubing how to guides for support taping as it's a goldmine!!!
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