Long Sunday Runs

Something I keep reading about in other people's marathon training blogs is the concept of the "Long Sunday Run". Personally, I find it much easier to laze around on a Sunday than to go our for a 10+ mile run. Conversely, I enjoy running during the week in the evening after a day sitting still at a desk.

Unfortunately, the London Marathon and both of my upcoming half-marathons take place on Sunday mornings so I decided it would be a good idea to "train" myself to run on Sundays.

So, between us, Soo and I have devised a scheme to get me running. For the last few Sundays, Soo and I have driven to Soo's gym in Bognor Regis. While she spends an hour doing pilates, I run away down the seafront. When she's finished, she comes and picks me up from wherever I've got to. The first week we tried this, I got as far as Worthing (about 11 miles), but felt that I could have gone further. So this week, Soo went home after pilates and came to pick me up a bit later. By which time I was 17 miles away in Lancing!

I'm quite enjoying this approach to Sunday morning running and, provided Soo doesn't get bored of having to drive further and further to pick me up, I hope to continue doing it regularly.