{"id":1536,"date":"2023-01-04T16:47:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T16:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2023-04-25T18:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T17:41:37","slug":"training-for-the-london-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/training-for-the-london-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1 Update: Training For The London Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1536\" class=\"elementor elementor-1536\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f35c46e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f35c46e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8a0a5b4\" data-id=\"8a0a5b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b36a2f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b36a2f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f52401\" data-id=\"0f52401\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ee1916 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ee1916\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h3>Week 1 Update: Training for the London Marathon<\/h3><p>To read the start of this article please\u00a0<a href=\"#training-london-marathon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">start here<\/a>\u00a0and come back up for the updates.<\/p><p>The first week of training for the London Marathon is in the bag. It feels so good to be back training with a purpose and a target in mind. The first week is generally used to ease back into a programme and this was no exception. I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed it.\u00a0<\/p><p>This was the plan:<\/p><p>Monday: 6 miles steady<br \/>Tuesday: Rest<br \/>Wednesday: 5 miles steady<br \/>Thursday: 6 miles easy<br \/>Friday: Rest<br \/>Saturday: 6 miles tempo run<br \/>Sunday: 10 miles long slow distance run<\/p><p>Everything pretty much went to plan. I did have to move Monday&#8217;s run to Tuesday due to another commitment. I also added an additional 5 miles easy on Friday, so that was a bonus. As it is early in the plan, I&#8217;m not too worried about missing that rest day. I did a 20 minute circuit every weekday morning. I will need to improve on my daily protein intake as it is below what I&#8217;d like to be getting. I also need to start getting back to yoga. Otherwise, the metrics on the right are showing pretty good starting numbers.<\/p><p>The Sunday long slow distance run was completed as part of The Knocks 6k &amp; 10k Fun Run. I ran 10k before the start and then the 6k event, plus a small bit to bring it up to 10 miles. It was cold and it&#8217;s a tough course, but doing the 10 miles was easy with such a great atmosphere.<\/p><h3>Week 2 Plan:<\/h3><p><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Monday: Rest<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday: 8 x 1k reps @ 4:00\/rep and 200m active recovery<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday: 6 miles steady<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Thursday: 7 miles easy<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Friday: Rest<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Saturday: Parkrun + 3 miles steady<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Sunday: 13 miles long slow distance run<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-2-update-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 2 Update<\/a> here<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bbb3a1\" data-id=\"6bbb3a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19ee66d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19ee66d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Week 1 Metrics:<\/h3><p>Monday Weigh-in: 166.2 lbs<br \/>Average Resting HR: 55 bpm<br \/>Average Nightly Sleep: 6:45<br \/>Average Daily Protein: 82g<br \/>Average Daily Water: 2550 ml<br \/>Total Weekly Miles: 38.5 miles<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2e3208 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2e3208\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Previous Weeks:<\/h3><p>Week 1<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-2-update-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 2<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-3-update-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 3<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-4-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 4<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-5-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 5<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-6-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 6<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-7-training-for-the-london-marathon-2\/\">Week 7<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-8-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 8<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-9-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 9<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-10-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 10<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-11-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 11<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-12-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 12<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-13-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 13<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-14-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 14<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-15-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 15<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/week-16-training-for-the-london-marathon\/\">Week 16<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c058cb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c058cb8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e65560\" data-id=\"5e65560\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c52514 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c52514\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"training-london-marathon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d947c77\" data-id=\"d947c77\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7357cd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7357cd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Training for the London Marathon<\/h3><p>Just like so many other runners, it is time to start thinking about my spring races. For me, that means starting my training for the London Marathon. 2023 will see me lace up the runners for my first taste of this iconic event.\u00a0 Although I qualified with a good for age time for the 2019 and 2020 races, I didn&#8217;t get to take part. It&#8217;s been on my hit list for a while now and I can&#8217;t wait to get there in 2023.<\/p><p>The London Marathon is known worldwide as a fast course, with an amazing field of athletes. I have my daughter, Catraoine, and several friends and club mates also taking part. So it promises to be a weekend to remember. I spent quite a bit of time running <i>off-plan<\/i> since the Dublin Marathon at the end of October. This has me rearing to get back to good running shape for London. I&#8217;m usually in much worse shape by this point in January, so that is a great start.\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Now all I need to do is get through my 16 week plan, healthy and injury free.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cc96dc\" data-id=\"4cc96dc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-460c46f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"460c46f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 28-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/tcslm-logo2.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1547\" alt=\"training for the tcs london marathon\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55eb7eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55eb7eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/towerbridge.jpg\" class=\"attachment-ocean-thumb-l size-ocean-thumb-l wp-image-1546\" alt=\"London Sunrise\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/towerbridge.jpg 400w, https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/towerbridge-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-371beb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"371beb7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-017e7ef\" data-id=\"017e7ef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f74e08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f74e08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a96301\" data-id=\"4a96301\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-807d28c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"807d28c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Goals for London Marathon 2023<\/h3><p>I had a very good year of running in 2022. Much more successful than I could have hoped for. In April I ran the <a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/manchester-marathon-2022\/\">Manchester Marathon<\/a> in a finishing time of 3:00:29. I followed this up with <a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/kildare-thoroughbred-marathon-2022-sub-three-hour-marathon\/\">my first sub-three hour finish in Kildare<\/a> in June. <a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/berlin-marathon-2022\/\">Berlin<\/a> was next in September where I struggled through and finished in 3:06. <a href=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/dublin-marathon-2022\/\">Dublin<\/a> capped off an enjoyable year in October with a 3:01 finish.\u00a0<\/p><p>This year, I have set my sights on a few different races. The first is London. I am training for the London Marathon in 2023 with the goal of a new PB. I&#8217;ve am targeting 2:54:59, but a finish even slightly better than 2:58:33 will be a massive success.\u00a0 I am confident that I can accomplish this and I&#8217;m full of optimism at this early stage.<\/p><p>After London, I have signed up for a 50 Mile Ultra in the West of Ireland taking place in May. This will be my longest race, ever. Later in December I have booked a spot in the Valencia Marathon, another bucket list race.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9ff36a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9ff36a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e4ef55f\" data-id=\"e4ef55f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b56a8c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b56a8c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e52e8e\" data-id=\"9e52e8e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764321f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"764321f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bigben.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1544\" alt=\"Big Ben\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bigben.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bigben-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Big Ben<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8668826\" data-id=\"8668826\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84a6d3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84a6d3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/towerbridgefull.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1543\" alt=\"Tower Bridge\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/towerbridgefull.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/towerbridgefull-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Tower Bridge<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cf1f87\" data-id=\"4cf1f87\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bf12b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1bf12b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thames.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1545\" alt=\"Training for the london marathon - Thames River\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thames.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aheartforrunning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/thames-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">River Thames<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d92ade elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d92ade\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-edb49a1\" data-id=\"edb49a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a23f47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a23f47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Training Log<\/h3><p>Every Monday I will update the blog with my training from the week previous. As I continue training for the London Marathon you will get some insight into my workouts. I don&#8217;t suggest that this will necessarily have any relevance to someone else. I recommend personal training plans for all my athletes. However, this will give some insight into what my training for a sub-three hour London Marathon looks like.<\/p><p>I will include all the details I track in my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3WMwmzr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">running journal<\/a>, and discuss my highs and lows. There are always highs and lows! I had toyed with doing a podcast with a club mate to discuss our training. If you would find this of interest, please do pop a comment below.\u00a0<\/p><p>Please do keep checking back every Monday. If you want to be reminded of when updates are posted, please sign up for the newsletter.<\/p><p>Wish me luck&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 1 Update: Training for the London Marathon To read the start of this article please\u00a0start here\u00a0and come back up for the updates. The first week of training for the London Marathon is in the bag. It feels so good to be back training with a purpose and a target in mind. 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