Medium Long Run - 12 Miles HR150 Max

Well, again this evening my legs are really sore and heavy and this evenings run is indicative of how I'm feeling at the moment. Slow, sluggish and generally uncomfortable. I don't feel like I can sustain any sort of decent pace and evening running this slow feels like a huge effort.

I had an e-mail from someone on the Fetcheveryone website who said that he is feeling the same way and he mentioned that his coach had told him it was all the miles he was running and it was how you were supposed to feel. I'd like to believe that but even after taking a few days off last week I'm still tired and not sure that the taper in this programme will be sufficient recovery for Marathon Race day.

I'm finding out a lot about my body though, I'm beginning to think that I'm better off doing a lower mileage week to include a couple of "speed sessions" and the Long Run at the weekend, everything else just as an easy General Aerobic run. I've mentioned this before, but this is what I did when training with the club, it was just the way it happened, no planning involved. Once this race is out of the way I'll be reverting to that system again and will review the difference it makes.

Thankfully tomorrow is a 5 mile Recovery Run so I can look forward to that, short and easy.

Tonights run.........