windhoek
The Phoolosopher
Call me crazy but I've decided that my first race of 2018 - my comeback race - will be the 2018 Stirling Scottish Marathon on 29th April. Having returned to running last week, that gives me 15 weeks from today to get in shape and up to speed if I'm to complete the distance in 3:59:59 or quicker - or more than likely, slower. I found this 17-week marathon training plan online last night and although I'm only on week 2 technically speaking with last week being week 1, I intend to make this Sunday's long run a 55 minute(ish) run to bring me on track with the marathon plan, which means that next week I'll be running as per week 4 and so on for the remainder of the schedule.
To get an idea of where I'm at with my current ability, I'll be running a fairly flat 10K this weekend, and as long as I can complete the distance in about an hour, ideally sub-60 minutes - 55 minutes on the nose would be absolutely perfectly - a fairly flat marathon at the end of April should be achievable, albeit still extremely challenging.
Fwiw, I haven't signed up yet, but as long as I stay injury-free throughout January, I'll sign on the dotted line in February for sure
To get an idea of where I'm at with my current ability, I'll be running a fairly flat 10K this weekend, and as long as I can complete the distance in about an hour, ideally sub-60 minutes - 55 minutes on the nose would be absolutely perfectly - a fairly flat marathon at the end of April should be achievable, albeit still extremely challenging.
Fwiw, I haven't signed up yet, but as long as I stay injury-free throughout January, I'll sign on the dotted line in February for sure