After a month when the weather has been too inclement to run outdoors and the treadmill has taken a pounding, I managed to get out on the streets again yesterday. A long steady run which Auto-route reckoned was 21.5Km completed in 1hour 52. I was pleased with the time and my condition at the end as the route included a couple of hills and a mix of road and grass verge so with 10 weeks to go my aim to break 4 hours looks on the cards.Keep looking over your shoulder Ben.
I am also trying various carbo gel supplemts that you eat whilst you are running. For some reason they are heavily flavoured with artificial fruit, which leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. Perhaps it is intended to make you drink water. So far the orange flavour is preferable to the strawberry (well I think that is what it was.)
Tomorrow it is back to the gym for a long spell of hill climbing on the tread mill. And they call it fun!