Throwing ideas out there

Week ending 8^th November

It’s been 2 weeks since the marathon and up until yesterday I haven’t been running at all. I was determined to keep the trainers in the cupboard after Frankfurt and give some time to eating, sleeping and generally arsing around. There was no interest or appetite for running and I really have to say I enjoyed not running. Then yesterday morning like some sort of reflex action I went for a easy 4 mile jog and a 10K jog today. I didn’t even wear a garmin for either jog so I had no idea what pace I was doing but the feeling was one of comfort and I enjoyed it all the more for it.

In terms of future plans I do intend running a marathon next year – probably Dublin or maybe Frankfurt again. I’m not sure if I will be running a marathon before then. There is the consideration of doing Tralee marathon in March, Manchester and Connemara in April or Limerick in May but for various differing reasons I won’t be making a decision until January. Ideally it would be great if there was a flat marathon in April in Ireland as the cost of hotels in Manchester is pretty saucy and Tralee comes too soon after the Ballycotton 10 while Limerick despite falling on the May weekend seems the best and most affordable option, but I am worried it take me a few weeks to recover so I may miss some good local races. Then again I might be better off just racing shorter distances until next year and get some PB’s under my belt. Sure we will see (I really am throwing considerations around here). For the moment I will just do some jogging. Even though I didn’t PB in Frankfurt I feel it’s time to aim for something a bit more ambitious between now and next year. There will be no Connemara ultra though.

4 miles on Saturday. 10k on Sunday.