106 Days To Go - Saturday Morning, Go Go Go

Date & Time : 07/01/12 10:30
Distance : 13 miles - Long Run
Total Training Distance (since beginning Jan 12) : 36 miles
Route & Stats : Whitlingham, Trowse, Lakenham


A decent run today, found the wind quite hard work especially running back towards Trowse from the bottom of the lake, the last couple of miles were really hard going as I am having a little bit of lower back pain .... nothing I can't cope with just a bit iritating.  Had planned 12 miles but due to a slight miscalculation of my route ended up doing 13 - they all add up, that's 36 for the week which is a good start to the training plan.
 
Getting my long run done on a saturday morning will be an important part of my training plan for a number of reasons.

1. Most importantly it fits in with family life as the girls have their dance lessons and so we generally don't have anything else on
2. It allows Mrs W to get a run in first thing - since my last marathon she has got into running too having completed her first half marathon in November
3. From a motivation point of view, getting that long run done and out of the way as soon as I can at the weekend means I can relax and enjoy the rest of the weekend without the thought of having a long run hanging over me
4. The entertainment on Radio 5 live on a Sat morning is great - Danny Baker, followed by Fighting Talk and then you're into the days football

Today is FA Cup 3rd round day, which as any football fan will tell you is a special day.  Norwich were at home to Burnley.  We rarely get a home draw in the 3rd round and in recent years we rarely get into the 4th round so that the FA Cup has not been of much interest to Canary fans.  However, we now have a manager in Paul Lambert who seems to want to win very game and today he put out a strong team.  I say a strong team, when in fact 10 of the starting 11 featured in The Championship last season with only Daniel Ayala as the only exception.  That said, we were a class apart from Burnley, who themselves are a decent Championship side, running out 4-1 winners with a good solid performance to match.


Afterwards, the Walters clan met up for a meal which was great, it was the first time we have all been together for several years.  It was great to see all the cousins together again, Ben at 18 (or 19?) being the oldest with our Imogen at 3 being the youngest with a fairly even spread of ages between them.