Silverstone Half Marathon

Matt

I'm doing the Silverstone Half Marathon in March this year.

http://adidashalfmarathon.co.uk/

It's running on the actual race track for 13.1 miles :thumbup:

I'm in the middle of a training plan, with the aim to finish in 1 hour 45 minutes (my previous PB in a half is 1 hour 51 minutes)

I'm running on behalf of the Alzheimer's Society in memory of my Granddad who passed away in September last year. If you are able to donate, any amount is greatly received towards this good cause.

http://www.justgiving.com/MattWorthington83

pottsey

started the ball rolling matt ,its not a lot but every little helps :thumbup:

Matt

pottsey said:
started the ball rolling matt ,its not a lot but every little helps :thumbup:

Brilliant, thanks a lot Jas :thumbup:

Sjdickso

Good luck with that pal, just donated a small amount also.

Matt

Sjdickso said:
Good luck with that pal, just donated a small amount also.

Thanks Si :thumbup:

Matt

Did 18.8KM yesterday morning in -3[sup]O[/sup]C temperatures.

Was bloody cold!

Sjdickso

Bet that was rather fresh!

Matt

Yeah, was rather cold for the first 15 minutes until I started to warm up.

Matt

Almost at the "Going Further" stage of the Silverstone Half Marathon training plan - going to start getting a bit tougher now

"During this phase you will continue the high pace training done in the last phase but you'll extend the distance the pace must be maintained for. This phase will help to build your leg strength and stamina"

Matt

Not long left now! Getting to the hardest part of the training, where the long runs are at almost race pace.

Also entered a few 10km races after the half marathon, so I've got something to keep training for when this is done.

Matt

I've now started the "tapering" phase where I do less mileage in the lead up to the race. Really looking forward to this.

Matt

Only 7 days to go now!

Another plug as well for my JustGiving page:
http://www.justgiving.com/MattWorthington83

Any donation you can make will be greatly appreciated 😉

Matt

Nice steady run this evening with my brother-in-law and the dog

Daz

Just sent a donation matt..:thumbup:

Matt

Daz said:
Just sent a donation matt..:thumbup:

Thank you Daz :thumbup:

Aly

donation made matt..

Matt

and thank you Aly :thumbup:

Matt

another nice steady run at dinner today, perfect weather, nice and sunny, ₉[sup]O[/sup]C, and no wind 🙂

Matt

Just got back. Had a brilliant weekend, and managed to get under 1:45 which I'm over the moon with

The last 2KM we are struggle, as no one expected 17[sup]O[/sup]C temperatures and no wind!

Daz

Well done matt