Week 37

Week 37.

Date	Miles	KM	Time	Avg Pace (Min /Mile)	Avg MPH	Elev Gain (Mtr)	Elev Loss (Mtr)	Calories	HR Zone	Avg HR
9th Sep	Rest Day
10th Sep	15.00	24.14	02:41:17	10:45	5.6	613	548	1669	3	153
11th Sep	Rest Day
12th Sep	Rest Day
13th Sep	10.00	16.09	01:48:27	10:51	5.5	443	364	1299	-	-
14th Sep	Rest Day
15th Sep	Rest Day
Week 37	25.00	40.23	04:29:44			1,056	912	2968
Week 36	34.10	55.00	06:32:30			0	0	3925
Week 35	24.80	40.00	04:40:34			0	0	3010
Week 34	0.00	0.00	--:--:--			0	0	0
Week 33	34.50	55.52	06:16:57			478	469	4,116
Week 32	38.50	61.96	07:05:30			1,206	1,138	4,238
Week 31	26.10	42.00	04:51:20			900	957	2,593
Week 30	34.00	54.72	06:18:57			1234	1166	3,771
Week 29	46.50	74.83	08:41:00			1756	1625	4,951
Week 28	37.81	60.86	06:59:57			902	809	4,705
Week 27	8.00	12.87	01:30:27			301	302	1,020
Week 26	0.00	0.00	00:00:00			0	0	0
Week 25	85.00	136.79	17:49:35			1671	1629	10,643
Week 24	19.20	30.90	03:43:53			584	559	2,085
Week 23	30.70	49.41	05:54:07			1453	1574	3,199
Week 22	24.10	38.79	04:44:25			804	813	2,544
Week 21	28.00	45.06	05:20:25			947	966	3,305
Week 20	50.00	80.47	09:47:18			-	-	-
Week 19	19.50	31.38	03:45:04			528	655	2,220
Week 18	28.44	45.77	05:26:59			858	901	3,306
Week 17	48.10	77.36	09:05:52			1023	1082	5,723
Week 16	32.00	51.50	05:43:26			800	837	3,850
Week 15	18.00	28.97	03:24:26			571	582	2,333
Week 14	0.00	0.00	00:00:00			0	0	0
Week 13	21.72	34.95	04:03:13			229	249	2,505
Week 12	21.21	34.14	03:40:53			578	481	2,499
Week 11	53.27	85.72	09:59:05			1501	1296	6,240
Week 10	41.50	66.79	07:46:54			882	773	4,872
Week 9	21.00	33.80	03:53:34			547	545	2,631
Week 8	27.43	44.14	05:02:31			421	416	3,176
Week 7	35.87	57.73	06:41:54			829	927	4,444
Week 6	24.82	39.94	04:36:11			395	443	2,830
Week 5	27.70	44.58	05:24:26			671	656	3,235
Week 4	31.50	50.69	06:11:56			806	831	3,528
Week 3	36.50	58.74	06:58:54			873	825	4,390
Week 2	29.70	47.82	05:37:20			629	621	3,720
Week 1	30.00	48.28	05:51:27			629	580	3,633
TOTAL	1094.57	1761.71	8 days 16:00:44			26,062	25,619	122,208
To go	158.12	254.29

This weeks taper wasn't quite what I had in mind.  I'm happy with the mileage, but I was planning on spreading it out over a few evenings and at a slightly slower pace. 

Unfortunately with being away from home for 3 weeks and having just one week before heading off to the US for nearly 2 weeks I've got a lot of things to get done both at home and work so I just had to get the miles in over 2 sessions.

I was planning on a nice steady pace for Saturday but it felt so good to be away from the treadmill and back out in the fresh air that I got a little carried away. 

On the plus side it reminded me how important it is not to start off too fast because the last few miles were a struggle and I could feel the lactic acid really building up in the legs.  Had this been the 100 mile event I would be in big trouble now.

I bumped into James, Ray, Andrew and Dave while out on Saturday morning.  After my long day travelling the day before I didn't fancy the idea of meeting them at 7:30am so I was only about 3 miles into my walk as they were on the last few miles back towards 'The Caff' for a well earned breakfast. 

As we were chatting I mentioned how training is like a game of 'Whac a mole' at the moment.

There is always at least one little niggle that keeps popping up and just when you think it's under control another pops up.

As 'the game' goes on you start getting 2 or 3 popping up at the same time, and at some point you always end up with that stubborn one that just won't go all the way down no matter how many times you hit it.

To be fair it's just my foot at the moment.  It seemed ok while I was on the treadmill but it flared up a little on Saturday but in a slightly different place to where it ached before, and for some unknown reason my other foot has started hurting today, completely unprovoked! 

I'm sure it's just my mind playing tricks on me and I'm sure everything will be fine next Saturday.

It's the Isle of Man End to End walk this weekend, 39.5 miles from the northern most point of the Island all the way to the southern most point.

It's a fantastic walk following the coastline but I won't be taking part this year as it's too close to New York. 

I will be marshalling down at the Port Erin/Port St Mary roundabout though (about 36 miles in), so I'm looking forward to seeing everyone go through before the final tough push to the finish.

Good luck to everyone taking part.

Now I'm off to write a list to make sure I don't forget anything important when I start packing.  The last think I need when I step onto the plane is to realise I have left my trainers at home or, even worse, my Garmin! 

And don't forget, the second part of my challenge is to try and raise £2,016 for Finley's Tracks and all donations are welcome here.  A big thank you to everyone who has already sponsored me online or offline, and to those who have pledged to donate later.