There have been many a "January" I've started the new year committed to exercising more. But never have I had to contend with grave consequences if I didn't keep it up. This year however, I'm participating in the Marathon de Paris in April. YEP, I'M RUNNING A MARATHON....AAARRGH!!! I have no choice but to keep up with my training!
Things had been going fairly smoothly with my training up until a few weeks before Christmas. I suddenly found myself struggling with my distances. I was up to walking 12 kilometres each day, 5 days a week. But on some days, I felt as though I could just fall in a heap on the side of the road, but I had to conjure up all the will power I could muster to push on - one foot in front of the other until I got back home.
I started asking questions. Why was I feeling so fatigued? I've had the pleasure of meeting a few fellow marathon runners over the past few weeks and was able to pick their brains about what I might have been doing wrong. Believe it or not, I discovered that I've been doing TOO MUCH! Wow, that's never happened before. I've never been one to do
too much exercise. I was usually doing
not enough! But there you have it. I've had to cut back on my training.
After being referred to marathon guru
Hal Higdon's website, I've embarked on a brand new 14 week training schedule, which will take me right up to the big day. Wish me well!
