As the lovely Lili von Shtupp, the “Teutonic Titwillow” sang, I’m Tired.
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I cheated today. Fortunately the only thing I cheated on was my training plan. I was due to run 12 miles tonight and just couldn’t face it. 
My lunchtime run took me to 501 miles for the year so far which I am pleased with. Last weekend was a big one, I did a really good 21 mile Fast Finish Long Run on Saturday followed by 26 miles on the West Highland Way on Sunday. So no big surprise really that I am tired. I’v ebeen here before many times and know that I am in those last few difficult weeks before tapering starts.
There are now less than 6 weeks left until the Boston marathon. The real trick now is to keep the training going while staying healthy. My training plan for the next few weeks looks a bit like this:
B-6 50 miles Long run 17 miles at race pace
B-5 37 miles. Alloa Half marathon aiming for PB pace
B-4 68 miles. Back to back weekend 14 miles race pace and 30 miles easy
B-3 50 miles. Last longrun 22 miles FFLR and start taper
B-2 30 miles. Tapering.
B-1 15 miles. Tapering
B+0 40 miles Race and Recover
B+1 62 miles including 53 mile Highland Fling race.
I am looking forward to my 17 mile race pace run this weekend. It will be a real test of what sort of pace I can realistically shoot for at Boston. Things have been going well so here’s hoping I get a nice surprise!
Talking of nice surprises, my new racing shoes arrived today. Brooks Racer St5. This will be my shoe for race day, so I shall run maybe 30 miles in them over the next few weeks and treat them very nicely to keep them happy for marathon day.
