8 Weeks to Go!

Only 8 weeks to go until the Canberra marathon, exactly at the halfway point since training began late last year. So far it's been a pretty good ride with zero injury...running slower than normal seems to take the edge of the distance, plus we've selected many flat courses, which is also a welcome change.....

Psychologically I have no real fear of the distance any more, I know it'll hurt but not anymore than trying to run at 5mins/km over 10k's....I can here experienced runners saying "he's naive", maybe your right, but so far with speeds of 6.5mins/km its been great...Ill save faster times for the second Marathon and just aim to finish..here is the schedule...at least 4 opportunities to eat more carbs than normal!

20.2.11	27.2.11	6.3.11	13.3.11	20.3.11	27.3.11	3.4.11	10.4.11
xtrain	xtrain	xtrain	xtrain	xtrain	xtrain	xtrain	xtrain
6km	6km	6km	6km	6km	10km	6km	6km
12km	12km	12km	10km	10km	8km	rest	rest
8km	8km	8km	8km	8km	6km	6km	5km
rest	rest	rest	rest	rest	rest	rest	rest
xtrain	xtrain	xtrain	xtrain	xtrain	xtrain	rest	rest
30kms	20kms	34kms	18kms	22kms	16kms	10km	MARATHON
56kms	46kms	60kms	42kms	46kms	40kms	22kms	53kms