Sunday, March 21, 2021

Getting back into the groove albeit slowly

There is no update on TMM 2021 after the announcement that it is scheduled for 30th May - whether there will be a physical event for limited number amateur runners and if so the criteria for the same is not known. Taking the rescheduling of TMM 2021  from Feb end to May end as a godsend I am focused on gradually getting into shape to run a marathon. 

Glad to be making decent progress towards that with consistent running  and cycling mileage of about 40-50Km each  and 3 strength training sessions per week with personal trainer Sfor the last 8-10 weeks. Am now able to clock few sub 6m Kms specially in the shorter week day runs. Hopefully in the next few weeks I can take it to below 5:45/Km pace  - I do not intend to push beyond that for now. The right ankle seems to be holding up OK though there is still occassional  discomfort and swelling.  The weight while continuing to yo-yo is slowly moving downwards. Hope to continue on this trajectory over the next 8 weeks with 3 more 30K+ runs before TMM -  in the March end, 3rd week of April and mid May timeframes.  

 

FM or HM or DNS ?

 Are the three options that I am grappling with for the Avenue of Giants marathon less than 2 weeks away. Unable to do even the two 30K+ ru...