4 weeks and Counting

Less than 4 weeks to go, for some reason I'm beginning to think that I can cram for my 100 miles in 24 hours.

Lets face it, I am not a student revising for an exam in a couple of days. Building your core strength is something that is done over years of running, these last 4 weeks of training will not give me anything else in the tank.

I had to be reminded my Zoe that It's not the end of the world, when I pretty much declared that I'd made a huge mistake by realising that I couldnt get my normal 8 runs in this week. I'm working down south for the first 2 days of the week.

Anyone would have thought that it was Zoe who had been running for years when I told her that I needed to sort my time out as I couldnt run as much as I NEEDED to this week.

'RUSSELL, your core strength and cardio are already very strong.'

I cant deny that she isnt correct. Anyway, from next week I guess I have a new trainer. lol.

That aside, I've started to believe that this task, whilst not to be underestimated is one that I now know I can do. Many people would follow that up with weather dependant. Well, I dont care what the weather is like, I'll be going for 24 hours anyway. If its raining, windy, snowing, sleet, hail, cats and dogs, so be it. If it aint, then that would be great also.

One thing I've noticed is that when you think that your next achievement is HUUUUGE, you will always notice someone else doing something bigger and better. I did LeJO'G, then my mate cycled across America. I'm running a 100 miles in a day, someone else is doing 131 in 48hrs.

Only 2 more hard weeks left, then taper and run run run run x 100. I have started to look foward to this so much and getting anxious as to the outcome. Will I finish it, will I crack after 40, 50 or even 60 miles. Please see my list below as to what it equates to.

a. If you ran parkrun every week, it would take you 32 weeks of running to clock up the miles that 100 in a day will do.

b. If you ran the Abbey Dash every year (including todays one), you'd be finished in 2026.

c. If you ran the Brass Monkey every year, you'd be done in 2018.

I hope I now see the enormity of the challenge for which I've set myself, I am so glad I find myself with enough people that will help me through.