Introduction

Hi
My name is Paul Rogerson and I've decided to write a blog about my training expolits for the Rutland Water marathon, which is being held this year (2011) on Saturday November 6th. I am following a 15 week training program from Runners World magazine for a target completion time of 3hrs 45mins.
Let me say from the outset that I do NOT expect to achieve this time in the actual event as it is a mix of tarmac & trail running and is anything but flat, so a more realistic time of 4hrs 30min is my target for the race (perhaps I should also say at this point that I'm 62 years old and that my 'boy racer' days are well behind me) but by training at a harder pace I hope this will make it easier to achieve my target time on the day. My training started in late July and this blog picks up the program from Week 8 (Sept 11th to 18th).