Training

Just finished writing a detailed training plan to take me to the end of May - and all the way to London. As expected it includes long runs, tempo runs, fartlek, cycling, strength/conditioning exercises and stretching.

Also continuing with the eccentric achilles stretches every third day and I've also decided to add hill reps this time as the route to London will not be entirely flat ... in fact the first hill is about two miles long and begins less than half a mile from where I live.

Already started buying supplies. Electrolyte tablets, maps (1:25000), isotonic drinks ...

In fact, Sainsbury's have a bargain on at the moment. Packs of four Lucozade Sport for £1.45 ... that's about half price [and works out cheaper than a tub of powder].