I'd been pondering how to go from the 5k to the Marathon - initially I thought I'd go through the Zombies 10k program and then their 16 week marathon plan, but I've realised that it's based on time rather than distance and, therefore, makes some hugely inaccurate assumptions about the amount of ground I will cover in an hour!
From here on out, I'm using MyAsics. I've plugged in the date of the marathon, yesterday's 5k time, and my age, and it reckons that it will have me running the marathon in just over 6 hours by April. I'll do as it tells me, and we'll see!
One thing I do like about it is that it tells you what pace you should be taking each run at - some will be fast, some slow, some at race pace. Today was meant to be a slow one and it kept telling me off for being too fast - not often I expect that to happen ;) I also had a Zombies Run episode on in the background to keep progressing with that story, AND an audiobook. Truly, I am app girl, and truly, I'm going to need to carry a spare battery with me on race day.
From now on we work in miles so...I ran 3 miles today, very slowly. I tried to put in a hill but ended up walking most of the way up it (I hate hills). Happily the marathon is mostly flat, unfortunately Saddleworth isn't!
Raised just over £200 in sponsorship so far - THANK YOU to my donors! If you're enjoying reading my blog why not just send a pound? Text ZOMB76 £1 to 70070. Simples!
Full of other fundraising ideas. I'm going to try selling xmas cards and wrapping paper, maybe having a stall at the car boot, and definitely running some sort of online auction or raffle if I can get some donations in. I'm going to be mainly reliant on tapping people up for a few quid, but anything I can add to it will be good. The sooner I can hit the target the better, too - I can concentrate on running rather than stressing about the money.
Day off tomorrow. I'm going to the pub.
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