Monday 8th December

8.22m @ 7.41 p/m - 63 mins

First 'official' marathon training run, and a cold one! Ran at the club (Bournville Harriers) and had a good chat with Dan, who is just embarking on training for the Paris marathon, and Sam, along the Harborne High Street route. An enjoyable run, despite it being about 1 degree above. Great to properly kick start the training.

Not sure if I'll be able to sufficiently slow down as per the training plan though, but will try to adhere it.  This was more of a marathon pace run, whereas I should be doing more of aerobic effort. Very hard though wen you're running with your mates and putting the world to rights!