Football Fartlek

In order to run faster in my upcoming 10k race my husband has devised a fartlek training course using the goal posts in our local fields. I must point out that he is not a trainer and doesn't run that much either, but he thought it would be fun if he made me suffer! It worked anyway. So, here's the drill: there are three football fields back to back and the aim is to sprint to the first goal post, jog back and then have a 45 second rest before sprinting to the second set of goal posts, jogging back and another rest. The third set of goal posts is the real killer as you are basically sprinting the length of three football pitches. I did this 4 times back to back today and am now feeling great, although my hips have started to hurt slightly.

I used to hate the idea of fartlek, but it's fun to use actual goal posts! I also felt more like an athlete as I sprinted through the fields (huffing and puffing). I'm hoping this will help my 10k time. My best so far is 47 mins 47 seconds, but that was a couple of years ago and I've got slightly slower through the years.

We'll see anyway. I have 11 days until the 10k...

My first post!

Hello, I'm very new to this blogging malarky so please bear with me whilst I find my feet! I've created this blog as I love running and healthy eating. It's bank holiday weekend and that's pretty much what I've been doing since Friday. I've racked up about 25 miles and have cooked numerous healthy dishes including a runner bean and tomato salad using veg from my garden (thus the name 'Runner Bean Runner'!)

In the coming weeks I hope to add some recipes, musings about my runs and info on my 10k and Half Marathon races that are fast approaching.