So week 6 has come and gone, and OH MY GOODNESS it's been a hard one!
As well as battling with this illness which has become some sort of limpet I cannot shake, I have started to go into Christmas mode (where the end of term is closer than the beginning of term and therefore things start to slow down...or I do) I'm trying to remind myself that this Law degree is not slowing down for 2 AND A HALF MORE YEARS!
So in terms of the real business...training, it's been ok this week...not fantastic! Unfortunately I haven't progressed from my milage last week (completed a total of 7/8 miles altogether this week) but I'm just trying to sustain fitness levels and shake the suffocation feeling in my head when I start to exercise!! This annoying illness...eaten about 50 oranges this week I swear...how much vitamin C can this virus take! (I also did body conditioning (OUCH), netball training and a netball match (which we won))
I think my big target is to fit in the miles around my hectic schedule when it comes to the cold weather and it becomes harder and harder to visualise my marathon buddies laughing at me as they speed past...when really I'm laughing at them from my warm bed...*slap round the face*
SNAP OUT OF IT.
I am also planning a big fundraising event which I am hoping to be a success and all will be revealed in the new year! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a big name to host it....
So donations aren't fantastic currently but it's still early days and I don't want to spam just yet :) so if you do have any spare pennies to donate to the wonderful cause that is Variety Children's Charity this is the link...
www.virginmoneygiving.com/laurawakeford
Just a reminder that Variety help disadvantaged, disabled and sick children from providing transport for days out, mobility aids to supporting youth groups and providing opportunity that so many of us take for granted. It is all to a good cause, and so appreciated.
I will even say make a donation in honour of my 21st birthday (in 3 weeks time) if you can spare even a little, it all counts towards bigger things.
Have a fantastic week and if you fancy it, put your trainers on and venture into the cold, sunny mornings...It will make you happy, trust me :)
Love (a wanting to raise as much as I can) Laura
Sunday 18 November 2012
Sunday 11 November 2012
WEEK 5...still here!
Ok so I skipped a week last week with the blog because I was at home celebrating the little bro's big 16...and I came back to Southampton with a marathon training magazine (great read) and a new spur of motivation!!
Then I got really ill.
HOWEVER...considering I could only breathe out of my mouth this week, training went really well and I'm beginning to feel less wobble as the days go by! I completed 11.05 miles altogether this week. That was over a series of 2 outdoor runs, and 2 (quite pitiful) gym sessions...like I said, I couldn't breathe!
I also did a body conditioning class this week...which I was surprised to get out of alive! Scariest women trainer...literally the type of women who would probably kick you back into that plank if you drop!! I'm sure I'll thank her some day...I'm trying to improve my overall strength where I hear it makes you a stronger runner!
My team won our netball game this week! So 2 netball sessions on top of my work outs and its been quite a busy one! Last night I motivated myself and planned out that I would run the long way home from netball to get some miles in...it worked really well because now I am home and I don't have to go out again! I'm going to make it a regular thing...to be honest the 24 minutes of sprinting around the netball court basically killed me so I'm surprised I managed to get home! (some walking was involved). We stopped our match at 11 for the 2 minutes silence, quite important considering my military roots. Remembrance always makes me think about Dukies parading through the school, and then onto Chapel for the loudest rendition of 'Sons of the Brave' humanly possible. We will remember them.
I am going to incorporate some hill running and rowing into my workouts and see how that goes...(the shear thought of hill running makes me start to sweat a bit..) however, it MUST be done!! My fellow marathon runners are probably tackling some mountain while I'm sat here merely typing about hill running, and still feeling tired!
So thanks for reading...I'd love some tips if anyone has any and sponsorship if you can spare a couple of pennies...incase you are weary...I WILL be finishing the marathon and I appreciate all your support :)
Happy Sunday!
Love Laura
Then I got really ill.
HOWEVER...considering I could only breathe out of my mouth this week, training went really well and I'm beginning to feel less wobble as the days go by! I completed 11.05 miles altogether this week. That was over a series of 2 outdoor runs, and 2 (quite pitiful) gym sessions...like I said, I couldn't breathe!
I also did a body conditioning class this week...which I was surprised to get out of alive! Scariest women trainer...literally the type of women who would probably kick you back into that plank if you drop!! I'm sure I'll thank her some day...I'm trying to improve my overall strength where I hear it makes you a stronger runner!
My team won our netball game this week! So 2 netball sessions on top of my work outs and its been quite a busy one! Last night I motivated myself and planned out that I would run the long way home from netball to get some miles in...it worked really well because now I am home and I don't have to go out again! I'm going to make it a regular thing...to be honest the 24 minutes of sprinting around the netball court basically killed me so I'm surprised I managed to get home! (some walking was involved). We stopped our match at 11 for the 2 minutes silence, quite important considering my military roots. Remembrance always makes me think about Dukies parading through the school, and then onto Chapel for the loudest rendition of 'Sons of the Brave' humanly possible. We will remember them.
I am going to incorporate some hill running and rowing into my workouts and see how that goes...(the shear thought of hill running makes me start to sweat a bit..) however, it MUST be done!! My fellow marathon runners are probably tackling some mountain while I'm sat here merely typing about hill running, and still feeling tired!
So thanks for reading...I'd love some tips if anyone has any and sponsorship if you can spare a couple of pennies...incase you are weary...I WILL be finishing the marathon and I appreciate all your support :)
Happy Sunday!
Love Laura
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