Ok....here goes.
I'm 24 in just over 3 months. Not that great a milestone you might think and in fact in the grand scheme of things it isn't. There is just one problem with turning 24 for me:
A marathon!
I once read somewhere that a man should be at his physical peak at age 24. I therefore promised myself that at the age of 24 I would run a marathon. I was 17 then and I now realise how fast time flies. I also realise how stupid I was saying that a) I would run a marathon and b) telling everybody I would run a marathon!
So to get me started on the trail of training for a marathon before my 25th birthday in March 2014 I decided to start a blog.
To give a back ground of my running history I have been running on and off since I was 17.
I have ran a few half marathons with a PB of 1.54.45 and a few 10ks with a PB of 49.59. I enjoy running and racing but I'm not very good at the training side of it. This will obviously have to change. If I am honest a flat 10k is my favourite race so a marathon is probably way outside my enjoyment levels.
My aim over the course of the next 15 months is to beat my PB's above but I only have one aim for the marathon and that is to finish.
At the moment I am really unfit and inured. I have a tear to my bicep in my left leg down to the ligament in my knee which has left quite bad scar tissue. I also have some nerve damage to the 4th disc in my spine following a tear to a muscle in my lower back. Both are fixable with physiotherapy which I am currently going through at the moment. These things I will overcome and are insignifacant to the glandular fever I have. I got hospitalised and therefore diagnosed with glandular fever a year ago and this has set back my fitness by a massive amount. In summer 2011 I was fit - working out pretty much everyday and at a fighting fit weight of 13 stone. Currently I am 15st 9 and puffing out my ass. It's going to be a long journey back to the weight of 13st while overcoming the affects of glandular fever which can be as severe as ME.
Well now you have had my life story I will move on and look to the future:
My aims over the coming months are to
1. Recover from injury.
2. Maintain a gym programme and running regime.
3. Eat healthily.
4. Cycle to work as often as possible.
5. Reach my fighting weight of 13st.
6. Reach a marathong weight of between 12st and 12st 7.
It starts tonight with a new training programme at the gym!
I'm 24 in just over 3 months. Not that great a milestone you might think and in fact in the grand scheme of things it isn't. There is just one problem with turning 24 for me:
A marathon!
I once read somewhere that a man should be at his physical peak at age 24. I therefore promised myself that at the age of 24 I would run a marathon. I was 17 then and I now realise how fast time flies. I also realise how stupid I was saying that a) I would run a marathon and b) telling everybody I would run a marathon!
So to get me started on the trail of training for a marathon before my 25th birthday in March 2014 I decided to start a blog.
To give a back ground of my running history I have been running on and off since I was 17.
I have ran a few half marathons with a PB of 1.54.45 and a few 10ks with a PB of 49.59. I enjoy running and racing but I'm not very good at the training side of it. This will obviously have to change. If I am honest a flat 10k is my favourite race so a marathon is probably way outside my enjoyment levels.
My aim over the course of the next 15 months is to beat my PB's above but I only have one aim for the marathon and that is to finish.
At the moment I am really unfit and inured. I have a tear to my bicep in my left leg down to the ligament in my knee which has left quite bad scar tissue. I also have some nerve damage to the 4th disc in my spine following a tear to a muscle in my lower back. Both are fixable with physiotherapy which I am currently going through at the moment. These things I will overcome and are insignifacant to the glandular fever I have. I got hospitalised and therefore diagnosed with glandular fever a year ago and this has set back my fitness by a massive amount. In summer 2011 I was fit - working out pretty much everyday and at a fighting fit weight of 13 stone. Currently I am 15st 9 and puffing out my ass. It's going to be a long journey back to the weight of 13st while overcoming the affects of glandular fever which can be as severe as ME.
Well now you have had my life story I will move on and look to the future:
My aims over the coming months are to
1. Recover from injury.
2. Maintain a gym programme and running regime.
3. Eat healthily.
4. Cycle to work as often as possible.
5. Reach my fighting weight of 13st.
6. Reach a marathong weight of between 12st and 12st 7.
It starts tonight with a new training programme at the gym!
I'll be following you every step of the way mate...
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