In the beginning...

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Just to wrap up my first week of "seriously back into it" training then: I'm actually 24 weeks away from my big race, so I've a few weeks "pre-training" training to get back into some sort of form before following the Higdon plan. Bit of a head start so to speak.

This week saw me out there for 3 runs and a cross training session. Nothing outstanding or startling - quite the opposite, but at least it's regular running again and on my way back to fitness.

I'd like to make a good fist of this marathon - as a long time bushwalker, the distance alone doesn't frighten me, and so I'd like to be able to say I've "run" it rather than just "done" it. It doesn't need to be super-fast (or even fast at all) but my aim would be to get through in reasonable style knowing I've put the effort in and done my best.

Urrgh, that sounds awfuly pretentious as well as naive, doesn't it? Oh well, I'll let it stand for now.

I re-visited Nigel's training diary entry "T-I-R-E-D – 24.03.2004" and nearly gave up on the spot, but then figured, what the hell, I'm pretty much always tired anyway, so I may as well have a good reason for it. At least I won't die wondering. I may die wandering (about a marathon course) instead! Oh dear, my sense of humour has become even more trite than usual. Maybe I've overdone it already?

Summary
Weeks to race day: 24
Training level: OK
Diet: OK
Motivation: Good
Energy: Moderate
Injuries: Nil