London Marathon Ballot Entries

By Karin on September 4, 2005 7:03 AM | No Comments

Well, for the past week I haven't really run. My mom has come to visit and since we walk in excess of 6 miles a day, at the end of the day I'm generally just too sore and tired to even attempt going for a run.

Last week myself and Andy sent in our ballot entries for the London Marathon. We were joking about the fact that only one of us might get an entry. It'd be slightly amusing if he was the one that got it since he hasn't run a marathon before and plans on that one being his first. He's quite sure that if he's the only one that gets an entry, he won't attempt running. I somehow don't see him not running after all the training.

My Garmin Forerunner 301 arrived, and I'm quite happy with it. It seems like a bit of a waste, but to get a feel for it, we went for a walk around the lake at Clumber Park. When we got home I managed to see how "well" it works and I think I'm really going to enjoy the new gadget - it is yet another thing that I have to put on before my run, but hopefully it'll help a little.

Adas last week asked if he could start running with us again. If you remember, a few months ago I wrote about him. He stopped running with us - because we run too little - and he was going to rather get on a treadmill in the gym. Well, it is about 3 months later and he's been in the gym about 5 times since then. He's gained about a stone and obviously now feels that we run a sufficient amount for him to start running with us again.

I don't have a problem with him running with us. The only thing I fear is that since myself and Andy run about 4 days a week, and he'll only run about twice weekly, he'll end up a significant amount unfitter than us and if Andy feels sorry for him, might end up destroying our training sessions. I know that I should probably then schedule our easier training sessions for when Ad runs with us, but then that's not exactly good for his training either.

I guess I'll have to wait and see.

Its early. I should go and switch on the kettle and make everyone some coffee, served with rusks and other breakfast treats.

Hope everyone is still having a wonderful time training. I'll be back on Monday!

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