The rest of 2011 - between marathons

[Sweder]

P2P was certainly successful in terms of scaling the damned thing before lights out. I was just upset to lose my legs before the end.

Thanks both for your wisdom on marathon training. I haven't run a 'normal' (City) marathon since Paris in 2006. I'll set out a schedule starting in January, paying close attention to step-back weekends, something I used to do 'back in the day'. Until then I'll keep up my random hill running with occasional Barefoot sessions. Something like;

Monday: recovery (5 to 8 kms offroad, easy)
Tuesday: flat road session (Brighton has a lot of that)
Thursday: tough 8k hill run (natural hill fartlek, some Barefoot)
Saturday: 5k paved, fast (ParkRun)
Sunday: long slow offroad starting at 8 miles (undulating)

Hell, I might even start a spreadsheet.

Dan, do try to plod on with the barefoot if you can. I know it feels odd and you do get some weird after effects but so long as you start slow and build gradually those will pass. Mind you barefoot + headtorch sessions is a risk too far early in your campaign, so perhaps it should wait for lighter evenings. Perhaps short BF sessions on a treadmill, just to figure out the posture? I may do that in Dubai next week when I doubt I'll see much runing action otherwise.