Short and Long Intervals & Support Team

I've been slacking a little with my updates.
So since Sunday I had a rest day on Monday.
Then Tuesday, even though the weather wasn't great, I went out for my short intervals.
I felt like all I wanted to do is to get under the duvet.

I asked the others on Rachael's training group what they do, and all said to just get out there.

I do actually enjoy the sprints, so 12x100m was fun(ish).

Today, I went out for my new session, the long intervals. I was up for 2x 1miles.
I had to get to the GP surgery, and funnily enough the route I took was right 1mile.
On the way there, there is a bit of uphill and a bridge. I never managed to run that whole way to be honest.
So I started slowly, and I remembered what Rachael said to me the week before during our call. If you have to walk the uphill bits, do. But I tried, and was amazed it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.

Filled in the paperwork, which was within my 3mins rest, and ran back.

I do realise that if I want to finish the London marathon in under 5h30, I need to run the whole way at 1min/mile faster than I did the last 500m where I sprinted a little.
So I know there is a long way to go.
However, those 2miles didn't feel too bad, which was the first time I felt good.

My second subject in the title is to find a good support team.
As you know by now, I've signed up with Rachael Hunt from Life Without Limits Endurance to get my training plans, support, coaching etc.
The physical and hopefully also the mental and nutrition aspect.

However, this week, I also started seeing Lucy Howe from Healthy Body Healthy Mind. Lucy is a therapist who is going to keep me injury free throughout my journey.

With all that training, but also with my existing injuries and background, it's important to keep the muscles active, lose, get them to function properly, and balanced.

And together with Lucy Vardy from Moon and Star Beauty Therapies who is taking care of my feet, it looks like I have a great team to get me there.

Later, I need to catch up on my strength training session I didn't manage to fit in.
But first for a nice shower and some business networking.