Breaking 3

Welcome to Breaking 3, my personal challenge to run a 3hr marathon at the Stirling Marathon in October in order to qualify for a Good For Age place in the London Marathon.

I’m doing this challenge for 3 main reasons:

  1. Running the London Marathon in 1998 changed my life and inspired me to become a Personal Trainer. I’d love to go back again having earned my place.
  2. I turned 50 in December and want to prove that age doesn’t have to be a barrier to achieving the things you really want.
  3. To showcase the same coaching methods I use to help my clients achieve their goals.

Can I do it? There’s one way to find out!

I was greeted with stunning views for my run this morning! I stepped up to running 6x600m for my Form Drills, an increase of 100m. It doesn't seem like much of an addition but when I've done this type of session before, the extra 100m has felt significant. I think running alongside the river when it was so still had a positive effect on my run and it showed with my times as they were much closer to each other than they've been so far. I was meant to be training to run a 3hr marathon in Stirling in October in order to qualify for a Good For Age place in the London Marathon. Stirling has now been put back to next year due to uncertainties around easing of restrictions in Scotland. I'm enjoying feeling relaxed and focusing on getting to the level where I can run a 3hr marathon then see if I can find another race to go for my target. How's your training going? Does running somewhere scenic have a positive effect on your running? #personaltrainer #runningcoach
Day 30: Form Drills
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Felt exhausted when I woke up this morning so I binned my run. I believe in listening to my body and doing what it's telling me to do so it was an easy decision to make. I had a couple of great runs over the weekend and so the rest was well deserved! Do you listen to your body to guide you when to go for it and when to ease off in your training? I highly recommend it and it's a great way to maintain a good level in training and also reduce the risk of injury. How's your training coming along?
Day 29: Rest Day
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Great run this morning! Went out without a plan and let my body decide where it wanted to go and what it wanted to do. I followed a route around Perth and after a mile warm up, I got into doing 2 miles the way I want to run followed by a 1 mile recovery. The first 3 sets, I managed to run my target marathon pace and nabbed a couple of strava prs without trying! I ended up to do 5 pairs and just over 15 miles in total. the 4th and 5th pair were on hills and while the pace was nowhere near my target, my form was good and I managed a 3rd best time on an uphill Strava segment after 13 miles and in the heat! This is a great sign that my form work is working well. I'm feeling fairly relaxed after the cancellation of Stirling and happy to focus on training my body to run a 3hr marathon and see if the only other race I could go for the qualifying time for London is still on and maybe take a late entry. It sounds weird but without the race, I'm actually relaxed and enjoying the faster running, words which don't always go in the same sentence! Happy running!
Day 28: Long Run
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