First consultation

So… I have decided to join the runners club. It isn’t regular athletic running club, it’s more of a trail running club. Name of this club is Trailhead – http://trailrunner.ie/. Having talked to a  couple of runners about Don (owner and running coach) and his philosophy I decided that it will be the best way to go. I had to talk to Don first and that’s what I did when I was there on Sunday (assessment) and today… Now I can’t wait for results.

I knew that process will be painful but eventually I will achieve my goal training with the club – 3:05 for marathon. I should be able to run that time in next 6 months, so I should be faster at marathon in Tokyo or Malta (depends which I will choose). And now the whole ‘fun’ jest started. First diet – cut any kind of bread, end with caramel latte and no sweets. Because I would not like to eat meet I need to deliver proteins to my body with fruit and vegetable (have to google proper ones which I will like). Proper nutrition plan will be given to me later (already a little bit concerned about that). First task is 36 hours fasting, I should just drink water and black coffee to allow my body to cope with less food and saving energy which is needed to digest the food. Will be hard to do but I will do it. Going to sleep soon, so will have almost half of that task behind me…
That was about food. Now first running task. After explaining how many miles I’m doing weekly I was asked to cut 15 km which I’m running on the treadmill. That will be hard to get use to, but I should use that time to recover. Something which I never did in the proper way. OK. First task – tomorrow try to run 10 km with pace of 4:30 min/km, with equal splits (if can’t slow but still try to keep same pace on splits). Cause I’m trying for the first time do back-to-back marathons over Saturday and Sunday I was asked to rest on Friday and following Monday. Whole next week is almost rest week, just one session on Tuesday. But then I should try to run Dublin Half Marathon with same 4:30 min/km pace (1:37:30 – time). That will be hard. The idea is to learn how to run steady and avoid faster and than slower kilometers…

I know that I will be angry quite often but I know that I need to commit to training if I want to get to next level. 3:05 for marathon, after that ultra marathon and in 2 years 100 miles run… Relax and stay strong.