The lovely nurse at Bourne Corn Exchange said to relax and take it easy for the next 24 hours. 

Why?

I gave blood. 

  
So I’m hoping I’ll be excused for the lack of exercise today.

Today, if we are going by the marathon training schedule, should have been a 7 mile easy run. However, in the real world, it was a rest day. It was Y11 parents’ evening and I didn’t get out of school until 8pm. 

So by the time I got home and had had something to eat there was only one exercise that I could possibly partake in. Our friend. The plank.

The result? I smashed it. By a massive 7 seconds. New PB. 

 
Cushty.

Gym. Again.

• 1 mile jog warm-up
• 3 miles @ 9min/mile
• 1 mile jog cool down

  

Tomorrow: ‘rest day’ and Y11 parents’ evening.
Total Janathon mileage = 67.28

Gym. Speed work.

The plan went something like this… 

 
It’s always a bit tricky doing fast/slow fartlek stuff on the treadmill, especially when it is only 200m reps. I felt like I was forever pressing buttons, changing the speed up and down. Although after 50ish mins I had indeed completed the session. 

 
8km, 5miles in old money. Done.

Janathon total = 62.28 miles

A rest day.

Woah! Hold on a minute!! You can’t have a rest day during Janathon. 

Cue a bit of planking. But not just any old bit of planking. A superb plank. 

 
167 secs. A whole 9 secs more than last time.

Cushty.

There are three kinds of people: those who can count and those who can’t.

I’m the first kind: 17 days of Janathon done. Although, more importantly, the first week completed on the marathon training schedule.

This morning I ran along the bypass to the woods and back again, I had to run behind a lot of cars: I was exhausted.

Today a nice gentle 8 miles were the order of the day. There was a very light dusting of snow and it was pretty cold first thing this morning.  Winter: the days of shovelry. 

 
Whilst at the woods I saw a poor old lady fall unconscious in the snow today.

Well, I’m assuming she was poor – she only had 86p in her purse.

It should be ok getting to work in the snow in the morning, just need a bit of grit. 

Janathon total = 58.28

Bad jokes = 5