Well I have 6 weeks to go until the Victoria marathon. My training is going ok. I was really having great runs until the 29km run which I really struggled with.  Just had on off day. No energy. Lead legs. Those kind of runs can really throw your confidence but I came back with a solid 18km run with a really good pace the next week. That put me back feeling good about where I was at in my training. And then of course as per every time I train for something, I got sick and have missed the last week of running and a big 32km run this weekend. Being sick totally throws you off. I hate sitting still and not doing anything and I always feel like its starting from scratch. I am now feeling better and I am so excited to get back to it this week. I am going to try and get in 3 solid runs during the week with some hills training on Wednesday and then rock out a 35km run on Saturday. We have a really cool route mapped out which should hopefully keep me entertained along the way. So really just three more long runs to go until we start to taper. I can’t believe this race is just around the corner. I have said this is going to be my last marathon but I don’t know. Maybe this is just the start?

I am now into my 10th week of my marathon training program and really loving my runs. I have found a great new running group whom I met through kickboxing. They also enjoy an early morning 7am start and prefer to run on Saturdays in the summer so we can enjoy our Saturday nights!

I have also and not surprisingly gotten my first training injury. I had been having some pains in my lower leg above the ankle. I went to my doctor and was diagnosed with a classic overuse injury and was told to rest. So what do i do? I run 26km on Saturday. Well, I have never been good at taking direction or sitting still. I am going to rest this week and not do the 19km run this coming weekend though. Hopefully that will do the trick along with icing and the anti-inflammatories I was prescribed. Seems like my body just can’t do all of those extra kilometres without having something go wrong. The good news is my IT band which is what gave me problems the last marathon seems to be just fine!

I am looking forward to the next weeks of training as we really start to get in to the higher km’s. I feel like the race is just around the corner. I guess it kind of is…10 weeks to go!!