Training for the London Marathon: Week 4
Sunday, January 31, 2010Comment, or trackback from your own site.
On Tuesday, a chap next to me at the gym fell off his treadmill. He recovered himself pretty well and, after shooting off the back and into the cross trainer behind, got back on and carried on gingerly. Particularly impressive considering he was going at a fair lick of 12km/h at a hefty incline. It’s always been a big fear of mine – it only takes one wrong footfall to end up faceslamming the deck with significant force.
Obviously as the internet (and procrastionation) knows no bounds, someone has already created a playlist of You’ve Been Framed style treadmill capers. Watch and wince.
Things I learned this week:
- Eating cherries can reduce muscle pain
- 94% of runners are College/University educated, and 20% say their favourite restaurant chain is McDonalds. This and other statistics from the 2007 Running USA Conference in San Diego can be found over at Dean Karnazes’ blog
- Whilst running long distances, the body cannot, in fact, reabsorb waste water from the bladder, as my dubious running book told me. However, Frogs can reabsorb glucose from their bladders.
Next week: it’s all about the sponsorship…
- Days to go: 84
- Miles this week: a lowly 13, as I missed my long run last weekend…
- Eating: an astonishing amount of pasta, and jelly babies (cherries aren’t in season)
- Listening to: Four Tet – There Is Love In You
