Week 2 Training . . . DONE !!!

Week 2, Session 4 - Long Run (10.75 Miles)

After a morning of doing a few chores and going for a short bike ride with the kids, I drove over to my Mum and Dad's with Kieran (my youngest son) and went for my Long Run from there.  I'd dropped Ben (my eldest son) over at one of his friends houses a little earlier so that he could play X-Box . . . he's growing up far too fast.

Although cold and dull, I had a really enjoyable run listening to the end of the Australian Open tennis final . . . what a match !!  My route took me from Hutton, through Uphill, along Weston seafront along the promenade, through the town centre before turning back to Hutton via a slightly quicker route.  I was extremely surprised at how busy the promenade was for a cold damp Sunday afternoon in January.  The smell of people eating fish 'n' chips was making me feel extremely hungry and after getting a whiff of those my energy gels were never going to be as appealing.  I completed 10.75 miles in 1 hour 31 minutes, at a very consistent pace throughout.

I'm glad to say that the twinge in my knee that I mentioned in my last post gave me no trouble at all during the run . .. phew !!  After about 9 miles my right Achilles started to ache a bit and my knees started to tighten up, but I think that was more down to the cold damp conditions and the slight step up in distance rather than being anything to worry about.

So, that's week 2 of the training completed.  The total mileage for the week was one mile shorter than last week but this week I only had 4 sessions to do rather than the 5 of last week.  Hopefully the slight niggle in my knee disappears during the next week of training.  A well earned rest day tomorrow, before the first session of week 3 on Tuesday.

Week 2 Summary - 25.25 miles : 3hrs 29 mins

Session 1 - 3 x 6 Mins Threshold Intervals - 6 Miles
Session 2 - 2 x 7 Mins Kenyan Hills - 5 Miles
Session 3 - Recovery Run - 3.5 Miles
Session 4 - Long Run - 10.75 Miles