Today I undertook another long run, the idea was to run 10 miles or 2 hours, I was meant to get up early and run early; this I kind of achieved, I had planned   to get up at 6 and then go running shortly after, however I actually got up at 7 and ran pretty much straight away. I had read somewhere that occasionally exercising before taking on any nutrition teaches the body to use up the glycogen levels and as such makes for a better run in the long term as you would not need to take on gels etc during the run.

So I got ready and headed out of the door; as soon as I began running I new not eating was a bad idea, as I started to suffer pretty much straight away and wasn’t even a mile in, with the Brighton Half Marathon booked for the next weekend, I knew i just had to keep going, so onward  plodded, and believe me when I say it was a plod, looking at my splits afterwards I saw how bad it was.

The only positive I could take from this run was experience of being on my feet for a prolonged length of time which would undoubtedly help on my next race.

Next week I will concentrate on a couple of short runs at a higher pace, and hope that this will aid in my half marathon run.