An early update this week due to being away for the weekend! Last Sunday went out for a long run & got a bit carried away & ran 16miles some road some cross country & I really enjoyed it!! Took 2 hours 10 mins but no pain from the IT band, a little pain from both knee joints at the end but I guess that is to be expected from a 16 miler!
A couple of rest days this week but a short recovery 5km run yesterday with some strength training at the gym & back to the gym today for some cross training! So all going ok so far........
Will be easing back into my original training programme now with a couple of gym sessions & short runs during the week to do interval & speed work & long runs at the wkend flying permitting! Hopefully I will get at least one 16mile a 18 mile & a 20mile run done in March before the final taper towards the race, as its my priority to be fit on race day.
Still need as many contributions as possible www.justgiving.com/ian-kelly
Ian
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Update!
Another week gone & another week closer to the marathon! Only 2 months to the run & so much training still to do! I have been doing lots of training but no real long distance runs since the injury.
This week has been more positive again though & I have run around 29km in total, I have also completed 2 gym sessions & a further 20km on the spin bike using this instead of one of my mid week runs to take the pressure of the knee. So more than last week & a reasonable amount of training done, I do need to start pushing the weekly long runs as the longest since injury has been only 12km in one go without the knee niggling!
Off running today once my standby duty is finished & the rain has eased a little from the heavy downpour at present so hopefully a good start to this week & with 13 days coming up free from work soon I will be able to concentrate on training & gym work so will hopefully make good progress & will be prepared for my injury free fitness test at Silverstone in a few weeks.
Still need as many contributions as possible
www.justgiving.com/ian-kelly
Ian
This week has been more positive again though & I have run around 29km in total, I have also completed 2 gym sessions & a further 20km on the spin bike using this instead of one of my mid week runs to take the pressure of the knee. So more than last week & a reasonable amount of training done, I do need to start pushing the weekly long runs as the longest since injury has been only 12km in one go without the knee niggling!
Off running today once my standby duty is finished & the rain has eased a little from the heavy downpour at present so hopefully a good start to this week & with 13 days coming up free from work soon I will be able to concentrate on training & gym work so will hopefully make good progress & will be prepared for my injury free fitness test at Silverstone in a few weeks.
Still need as many contributions as possible
www.justgiving.com/ian-kelly
Ian
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Running Again!!
Another week gone & only 10 weeks tomorrow until the big day! Finally been able to get back out running again, still a little tender in the knee but I have been properly training again, finally.
Managed around 23km of running, a bit of swimming, cross training and some gym work in the last week so not bad all in all considering I am post injury. Hopefully I can slightly increase the mileage this week but I will be continuing to cross train to ease the impact on the knee & IT band.
Hopefully I can start to work on my longer distance runs soon & I do have a good fitness test at the Silverstone GP track over a half marathon distance soon so that will tell how much progress I have made towards the marathon, I think with the lack of training I will have to revise my target time for the full distance though! I would just like to be fit on the day & take it as it comes....
Still need as many contributions as possible www.justgiving.com/ian-kelly
Ian
Managed around 23km of running, a bit of swimming, cross training and some gym work in the last week so not bad all in all considering I am post injury. Hopefully I can slightly increase the mileage this week but I will be continuing to cross train to ease the impact on the knee & IT band.
Hopefully I can start to work on my longer distance runs soon & I do have a good fitness test at the Silverstone GP track over a half marathon distance soon so that will tell how much progress I have made towards the marathon, I think with the lack of training I will have to revise my target time for the full distance though! I would just like to be fit on the day & take it as it comes....
Still need as many contributions as possible www.justgiving.com/ian-kelly
Ian
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Progress!!
Finally some progress with the IT band! I am getting better & can manage the injury now but it due to the nature of this tendon it has taken ages to heal...............
Finally managed to do a pain free run this week! Plus gym sessions every other day with loads cross training & 'spin' biking until I can up the mileage carefully & get some marathon training done on the road!
2 months 18days to the big day & my focus is to be fit for the day & run as best as I can due to the lack of training over the last month my target time will be revised depending on how much training I can get back in!
Got a good fitness test in a month at the Addidas Half Marathon at Silverstone so if I can achieve a comfortable half I can up the mileage between that & london..
Fundraising is going quite well but still need any possible donations to exceed my target www.justgiving.com/ian-kelly
Ian
Finally managed to do a pain free run this week! Plus gym sessions every other day with loads cross training & 'spin' biking until I can up the mileage carefully & get some marathon training done on the road!
2 months 18days to the big day & my focus is to be fit for the day & run as best as I can due to the lack of training over the last month my target time will be revised depending on how much training I can get back in!
Got a good fitness test in a month at the Addidas Half Marathon at Silverstone so if I can achieve a comfortable half I can up the mileage between that & london..
Fundraising is going quite well but still need any possible donations to exceed my target www.justgiving.com/ian-kelly
Ian
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