The time for talking is over...

Happy New Year! 

Tis January. Tis 2009. And the time is now.

Final lace tying before the Hangover 10K on 1/1/09

Monday 5th January is Day One of the Flora London Marathon (FLM) 16 Week Training. All around the country, and across the globe, people are buying new trainers, treating themselves to an iPod Shuffle, taking a deep, deep, deep breath and accepting the fact that for the next four months they are going to become increasingly hungry and tired as they run, jog and perhaps crawl their way through hours of training and ultimately to the FLM finish line.

I was thinking I'd use the 3 Times A Week schedule that I used for the Copenhagen Marathon in 2007, but am now considering upping the stakes (and, no doubt, the steaks) a bit and going for something a little more full on. Jan 5th to 11th would then look like this:  

WEEK ONE

Mon 3M (miles) (approx 30 mins) slow 
Tue Rest 
Wed 4M (approx 40 mins) slow 
Thu 2M (approx 18 mins) steady 
Fri Rest 
Sat 3M (approx 30 mins) easy 
Sun 7M (approx 72 mins) slow

I reckon I'm gonna give it a go... and time will tell. 

And of course, I'll keep you posted.