The festive week has been a little disruptive but thanks to Marcothon I’ve at least maintained a reasonably sensible amount of running even the calorie count has rocketed.
After a fairly grim 18:01 at Christmas eve parkrun trying to keep a curry down from the night before and lugging around a few extra pounds, I think now Christmas day is out of the way it’s time to get serious.
My goals this year aren’t focused around ultras but shorter 5 and 10k races so the level of work is actually higher and more specific than just getting the miles done like I’ve done for the last few years. I need to take care of improving my diet and getting back to working on my core strength.
I don’t know why over the last couple of years I’ve known an improved diet and core would make me a better runner but I just can’t stick to it. It’s a tot
To remind me, these are 3 very important things to making a better runner:
- Running
- Good diet
- Core strength
DEAL WITH 2 & 3 JAMES. DEAL WITH IT!
I’m running under the guidance of Ally so I’ve started some more specific speed sessions now which I hope to see some improvements there in a few weeks. Getting down the Greenway and doing 10 – 12 x 400m sets at 5:10/mile is hard work but enjoyable.
We managed to get out with the club over Christmas on the annual bacon but