Huge blister on the inside of the arch of my right foot so decided not to go out today since a major problem would be serious at the moment. I got hold of some super plasters (apparently) and hopefully it'll clear up in a day or so and then I'll make up the miles. So far the totals are looking reasonable considering my aims, which I'll stick up today as I've got nothing better to say.
OK so 18 weeks is the length of training time I've got. The plan is, working from a starting point where I run about 20 miles total in a week, broken down into 1 long run of about 10 miles, one day off and 5 days of shorter runs, which can be various lengths so long as I get the total mileage. For the first few weeks I'll just increase the total mileage to about 30 miles per week, extending the long run mostly.
By week 8 my long run needs to be about 20 miles and a total of about 40 miles per week.
Keep increasing the length of the shorter runs so by week 15 they are all at least 5 miles in length. That week I want to extend the long run to 25 miles so I'll be running about 50 miles per week and I'll keep that up until the race day.
That, at least, is the theory. In practice there are blisters, broken necks, being snowed under and drowning in a pool of despair while trying to find my way to the sea.
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