Long weekenders

[Seafront Plodder]

are necessary but Jeez don't they write the rest of the day off?

I squeezed out 15.02 miles on Sunday morning. I could also tell you the average altitude if I felt like it but I don't.

There's something remotely satisfying about these long runs. No matter how far they are, provided I push myself just that little bit too far, the last mile or two always seems to be a throwback to how I felt in the latter stages of the marathons I've done - a veteran of 2!

Is it just me who feels spent for the rest of the day after this sort of distance? I certainly hope not.

The New York Marathon is on Sunday November 7th, and it's looming fast. I have yet to make a decision about a taper, but it's looking likely that it will only be only two weeks. That would mean I really only have 5 long runs left, so perhaps don't have the comfort of a step-back week.

If in the remaining time I can do 16, 18, 18, 18 and 20 before tapering, well.......that's my goal, even though I'll have to work around a long weekend in Rome next month that I have to suffer.

Perhaps these plans, coupled with my midweek assaults on The Monster, will be enough. When I started this schedule my goal was to run (albeit slowly) the whole way around in relative comfort; in reality I don't think I'll have done enough to achieve that.