It seems such a long way away. 27 weeks, more than half a year, but I know it will catch up quickly, so I'm really pleased with the way the first week of training has gone.
This week hasn't been an easy week, but no week ever is. With Baby Loss Awareness month this month, and next week being Baby Loss Awareness week, it makes you think a lot about what happened to Isaac, trying to comprehend in your head why and how it happened, and how we have ended up in the position now, two months on, with no little boy that should be playing, laughing, crying and everything else a two month old little boy should be doing.
Writing up the Running for Isaac facebook page has certainly helped to channel the pain a little and given me something to focus on as has starting the training properly.
This week I have managed to make it through all five training runs, which as you can imagine, I'm very pleased about. Hopefully in the coming weeks, if I can keep this up I may even start to see the weight dropping off. One thing I know for certain. I need to lose a good couple of stone by the time of the London Marathon. Trying to run that distance weighing 16 stone 10 is going to completely destroy my knees, as well as probably my back and the lack of stomach muscles in the barrel isn't going to help either.
Each training run went relatively well, even doing half an hour in the pouring rain which I know I am going to have to get more used to as Autumn and Winter progress. Todays longer run went really well helped by the conditions, cool and sunny at 9 this morning. I always try and make sure my run takes me passed the Cemetary where Isaac is buried so that I can blow him a kiss as Im running. (Learnt this week that I dont jog I run. Bought the Marathon for Dummies book which explains that the translation of jogging is in fact wiggling, and as I pound the streets of London, I really hope I dont wiggle!!!)
Using the Micoach app means that I can create a page for each run I do, so will try and ensure each weeks runs are added with a link so that if people are interested they can have a look at the pace (very very slow) and the gradients being run. If anyone does look at them and has any advice on what I can do to improve my chances of making it through the Marathon - please do say. Although, "run faster" will not really help me.
Before putting the links, I just wanted to let you all know one more thing for this week. Tomorrow, the 15th October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. There is an attempt to create a global wave of light in memory of all babies that have died during pregnancy, at birth or after birth. So, if you have a candle and would like to join in, please light it at 7pm BST tomorrow and leave it burning for an hour in memory of all of those that have died.
Thanks
This weeks runs
Run 1 : 30 minutes blue and green http://www.adidas.com/com/micoach/Web/WorkoutDetails.aspx?WID=c438a59c-6168-4b7f-91b2-de7749fd0c12
Run 2 : 30 minutes blue and green http://www.adidas.com/com/micoach/Web/WorkoutDetails.aspx?WID=31a5c1a6-6436-4666-a60b-5b2dd2f2f156
Run 3 : 30 minutes blue, green and yellow http://www.adidas.com/com/micoach/Web/WorkoutDetails.aspx?WID=f3b6cbc9-081e-4281-b48b-a82b6662525c
Run 4 : 30 minutes blue and green http://www.adidas.com/com/micoach/Web/WorkoutDetails.aspx?WID=ae857228-eafa-40d9-8b6b-8fabee85edf0
Run 5 : 1 hour blue and green http://www.adidas.com/com/micoach/Web/WorkoutDetails.aspx?WID=78788a93-1a73-41c8-ba9f-9768cbab32a8
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