I spent a few hours on Sat and Sun researching marathon training, diet, kit etc on loads of websites. This has (had) given me lots of motivation but after a long lie today and looking out the window and deciding it was too windy - I missed my first official training run.
This was quickly follwed by a massive lunch and a whole tray of cadbury's fingers before work.
My mates Garry and Lee have just completed a 100 mile ultra-marathon in the Arctic, so I had another look at their website for more motivation. It's a real inspiration to see people you know training and completing such a momentous goal. http://www.breakingstrain.co.uk/. After looking at the website, my motivation is back. Going for a 3 mile 'run' tomorrow with a guy from work - hope it's not too windy.
I think I have the correct kit and learned LOADS from this site http://www.marathontraining.com/ just need to get this first run out the way tomorrow.
Diet is obviously hugely important, so I have decided to:
Drink alcohol only twice per month, instead of 4+ (by drink I mean nights out)
Not drink pints of beer
Drink spirits with sugar free mixers
Cut out all sparkling soft drinks
Drink sugar free squash
Stop having sugar with tea
Have only 1 night per week eating take away. Cook everything else fresh.
6 days a week, have my 5-a-day.
Cut back on bread
Cut out fried food altogether
Any other ideas, would be much appreciated.
Legend! I love this concept and genuinely believe in you and your capacity to do this. Remember diet is EVERYTHING (disappointingly, as it is the boring, hard part) and training is the kingpin that holds it all together. "Training = the opposite of hoping". Run like the wind my man!
ReplyDeleteGarry's right, although it bugs me to say it. The no-fun-no-taste-Garry-diet works. You're body will be more efficient the lighter it gets and it should place less strain on your joints.
ReplyDeleteCutting out the sugar in your tea and coffee's a biggie. Go for sweeteners. If, like me, you can pack away 5 cups of tea/coffee a day (I'm milk and one) then you'll notice the difference. That's 1050 spoons of sugar in your 30 week training programme.
Last bit of pontificating from me: your runs don't all need to be long runs. Your accumulated weekly distance will all add up. For our 100 miler in Yukon, the longest distance I did was a 22 miler (once). The next longest was an 18.
Great point Lee, I'm a milk and 2 sugars man, thats 2100. FFS. Looking at doing 2 shorter runs and 1 long run a week, spin class and boxing once a week, Monday rest day.
ReplyDeleteGarry-thanks for the vote of confidance. Can feel this blog working already. Feeling the heat. Good. Diet as you well know, will be my hardest hurdle. Thats kind of why I've built in 1 day of take away/drink.
Sweetners are crap as well Steve, full of rubbish. Just cut out the sugar altogether.
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