Week 3 update and Sponsored Silence details

Training has really kicked in this week. Since last Sunday I've done a TOTAL of around 37 miles, broken down as follows

• Monday - Long slow run - 11.8 miles in 105 minutes (slow pace)round the towpaths and side-roads of Egham, Laleham and Staines

• Wednesday - Interval training - 5 sets of 5 minutes at hard pace, up and down the A30 bypass. (I typically look for a long section of footpath or towpath that doesn't require stopping or changing direction for interval sessions). Total of 3.5 miles

• Thursday - Marathon pace run - 6 miles round Staines

• Saturday - back to Bedfont Lakes for parkrun in extremely muddy conditions with the dog in tow. parkrun is always 5km, or 3.125 miles.

• Sunday - Long slow run - 12.5 miles round Bushy Park

Typically I wouldn't have done a long run on the Monday, but that was driven by personal commitments last weekend.

Overall, it's so far so good. Early days yet of course, but my long runs are going very well and I'm starting to develop some confidence about going way beyond 13.1 miles...which is the furthest I've done so far!


Sponsored Silence

The next big fundraising milestone is my Sponsored Silence. This is a real left-field idea that hopefully will generate some interest and buzz, not least due to my habit of never voluntarily shutting up for more than 5 minutes normally. The Ground rules are as follows

• Starts 8am on Thurs Feb 14th
• Finishes 10am on Sunday Feb 16th
• Full day at work Friday
• Beers down the pub after work
• parkun Saturday morning (where I am Run Director!)
• No verbal communication allowed
• Electronic (email, twitter, text etc) communication permitted
• Goading and wind-ups expected
• 1 hour of silence requires £25 sponsorship
• Mention the Silence in the Comments when sponsoring

Updates also on the FB Event page here



BTW - current status of the fundraising is £302, or 15% of the target amount. Not a bad start, but a long way to go :-)