Thursday 15th March

BVH 4 miles jog @ circa 9 mins p/m

With a 20 miler on Sunday it didn't seem a wise idea to do reps at the club, so instead enjoyed a gentle jog around the Northfield circuit. Sometimes it feels good to just to really take the foot off the gas and have a good natter! Primo was inspiring me with tales of the New York Marathon (one for the future?) and had a good natter with Helen - extolling the virtues of X-Country. After the marathon training, I'm definately going to look into incorporating more off road training and multi-terrain events.

Felt rather conspicuous in new trainers tonight. Since Xmas I've put in 400+ miles in the current Asics, so thought this would be a great opportunity to take out for a spin a new dazzling pair! With the training still being injury free (touch wood, fingers X'd, no black cats!) I've gone for another pair of Kayano's - Birmingham Runner had the same last year's model unbelievably at size 11.5 - but I'll be happier when they're alittle more muddied! Will alterante pairs for training and slowly phase out the old ones in time for the marathon