14 Weeks to Go

• Monday Rest
• Tuesday
  
• Morning 1 hour
• Afternoon 1 hour
• Wednseday
  
• Morning 1 hour
  
• Afternoon 8 * 400m sprints
• Thursday Missed
• Friday Missed
• Saturday
• Night 1 hour hill session
• Sunday
  
• Morning 4 hours 15 mins 44km

Other commitments meant that I missed Thursday and Friday but Im sure I could have got out if I really wanted to but there was no way I was getting up at 5 to do a run.
The weather here is getting hot 20+ degrees by the afternoon so its a concern that it is snowing in Scotland it will be a shock to the system to run in the cold and wet.

15 Weeks to Go

• Monday Another days rest to be sure
• Tuesday
  
• Morning 50 mins
  
• Afternoon 1 hour
• Wednesday
  
• Morning 50 mins
• Afternoon 4 * 800m sprints
• Thursday Morning 1 hour hills
• Friday
• Morning 1 hour hard
  
• Afternoon 1 hour hard
• Saturday 40 mins hills
• Sunday 3 hours 31km

After last week not feeling well I was very keen to get started again. Its proving difficult to get the time to do all my running so splitting the milage into two runs is easier especially as I am busy at work. Only problem is the quantity of laundry. Approx 100km in total this week. Its now only 5 weeks until the half race the highland fling. Will do a couple more high milage runs before then.

16 Weeks to Go

• Monday 45 mins easy
• Tuesday
  
• Morning 45 mins easy
• Afternoon 1 hour hard
• Wednesday Ill
• Thursday Ill
• Friday Ill
• Saturday Ill
• Sunday Feeling better but took the day off

Came down with one of the kids colds (Man Flu). Felt awfull and had a temprature on the Wednesday so a few days off is preferrable to long term damage.
Also a bad week as Basil (My dog) one of my few running companons died on the Sunday after collapsing on one of our morning runs a week ago. He was diagnosed with some sort of sarcoma in his chest (Cancer) It was shocking just how quickly he went down hill. He passed away peacefully at home on the Sunday afternoon. We will all miss him especially his sister BT who will continue to keep me company on the morning runs.

17 Weeks to Go

• Monday 1 hour easy
• Tuesday
  
• Morning 50 mins hard
• Evening 1 hour
• Wednesday
• Morning 50 mins Hard
• Afternoon 12 * 200 meters
• Thursday 1 hour
• Friday Trek round Gorges Verdon
• Saturday 50 mins
  
• Sunday 50 mins

A combination of friends staying and work piling up kept the milage low.

18 Weeks to Go

• Monday Rest (Come on I did 60km yesterday!)
• Tuesday 1 hour hard
• Wednesday Missed (Car Blew up! No seriously the car blew up. Wife driving!!)
• Thursday 1 hour easy
  
• Friday
• 40 Mins hard
• 30 mins hill sessions
• Saturday Rest
• Sunday Cannes Semi Marathon was looking to beat my PB but after last Sunday was not expecting to. At the 10Km mark I was just under 45 mins and feeling good. Managed to hold it together for a 1hr 34 mins 38s. Very happy - that's 8 mins off my previous best and I'm sure I could find another four mins.
  

19 Weeks to go

• Monday 1 hour hard run
  
• Tuesday
  
• Morning Easy 40 mins
• Afternoon 1 hour hard
• Wednesday 4 * 800m each sub 3 mins (It's fast for me!)
• Thursday
  
• Morning 40 mins with hill climb
• Afternoon 1 hour hard
• Friday 1 hour hard
• Saturday Rest
• Sunday 6 hours 0 mins 24s 62Km
  

Total km this week will be about 122km which means there would be another 31km to go in one day. !
I had been dreading the Sunday run all week as I intended to run for 6 hours. Didn't get started until just after 10am so it meant a wasted day and my headphones on the ipod failed so was starting to think about excuses. Thankfully my stubborn streak won out and I did the run. I went through the 42km mark in sub 4 hours but felt fine; after 5 hours the felt fine feeling was long forgotton and I was glad it was only another hour to go, physcologically, how do you tell yourself to keep going when there is another 19 + hours to go? Will need to find an answer for this one.

20 Weeks to go

• Monday 1 hour hard run
• Tuesday
  
• Morning 45 mins hill trails
• Afternoon 30 hard run
• Wednesday 4 * 1km each one 3mins 45s 1km warm up 1km warm down
• Thursday 45 mins
  
• Friday
• Morning 45 mins
• Afternoon 45 mins
• Saturday 31km easy
• Sunday Full day skiing (legs like jelly) then night run 1 hour

My right Achilles is sore after something aggravated on Friday hopefully it will recover through the week.