Pascal's uitdaging voor 2009!

Pascal in aktie tijdens zijn laatste marathon: Torhout 2008

Mijn broer Pascal heeft zichzelf ook al een uitdaging gezet voor 2009: 3 marathons lopen onder de 3u. Die worden waarschijnlijk: Genk in januari, Torhout in juni en Eindhoven in oktober.

Another 10km training run done

The training run this evening was slightly slower than I had planned. When we started I was aware that my training partner Mark wasn't running as fast as he usually does in the beginning of our sessions. This was a good thing as we normally tend to start too fast anyway. Later it became clear that Mark wasn't feeling too well (bad stomach) so we settled into a nice leisurely pace and finished the 10km with an average speed of 10.3km/h.
Ok for me as I am racing a 5km on Sunday, so the legs should be fine!

Good news this week from my brother Pascal: he will come to England and run with me in Helsby on Sunday 18th January 2009. This will be an extra motivation for me to do well and try and achieve my target time of 1u50'.

Training in de gietende regen vanavond!

Vanavond stond The Hill Route op het programma met de groep van Northgate Arena. Toen we goed en wel 20 minuten aan het lopen waren opende de hemel zich en begon het te stortregenen. Dat was nog niet genoeg en 't begon ook nog te hagelen! Enfin, een 'dedicated runner' moet daar tegen kunnen he.

Omdat ik deze route al een tijdje niet gelopen had (van vorige winter geleden) wist ik niet goed waar we moesten lopen (en zag niet goed door mijn bril met al de regen) en kan ik niet zoals vorige keer doorlopen en dan terugkeren waar de anderen wachten op 1 of 2 tragere lopers. Enfin, ik kwam toch aan een iets langere afstand dan de anderen, 10.54km in totaal en helaas zakte de snelheid door enkele keren te moeten stopppen tot 10km/h. Ok hoor, want broer zegt altijd dat ik op training trager moet lopen. Na de training gisteren is het ietwat tragere tempo misschien goed en 't was dan ook de heuvel route vanavond he!!

Morgenavond de late 'shift' doen op 't kantoor en dan ook geen training en woensdag las ik ook een rustdag in. Terug trainen met de groep dan donderdag en hopelijk kan ik het gemiddelde tempo weer wat opdrijven.

My old AOL blog

For anyone who wants to have a look, this was my old blog with AOL: http://journals.aol.co.uk/nattybell/nattybell-on-her-way-to-a-marath/

Still lots of work to do on the new one, i.e links to websites and blogs I visit regularly, copying some of the old blog etc.

Anyway, the main reason for this blog is to report on my running training and my progress towards my first marathon (not sure yet when and where this will be) in 2010.

I will also try and report on my brother Pascal Debersaques and his running results. Currently he's only putting in training and no races planned yet as he's still suffering from pain in his back and leg. He might come over to support me in Helsby next January so whatch this space!

Bye for now!

Paula Radcliffe wins Great South Run & Good training session for me!

Paula Radcliffe stormed to victory in the Bupa Great South Run in Portsmouth today. She also set a new Bristish record over the 10 mile distance!

Certainly showed she's back and hopefully we'll see another victory next Sunday in the New York Marathon where she defends her title.

Seeing Paula run gave me a bit of motivation to go out training on my own today. Must say though: I do not like running on my own. For me it is psychological and really had to tell myself to 'keep going' and get to that 12km I wanted to put in today.

Anyway, managed to do the run and covered the distance with an average speed of 11km/h, just a bit faster than expected so happy with the progress.

However, can see one problem for me with the longer distances and that's: blisters. Because of my bunions on both feet I am very prone to blisters. I also used to suffer badly from them when doing long distance walking. Let's hope they won't be 'throwing a spanner in the works' as my training is going so well.

Any advice on how to treat them best will be greatly received. Luckily nothing too bad yet but planning to run my first 10miles in two weeks time so fingers crossed.

So overall a good week's training! Hopefully the same next week.

Will Paula win in Portsmouth tomorrow?

I will have to go training early tomorrow morning as I don't want to miss seeing Paula Radcliffe run in the Great South Run, a 10 mile race at 10:30 on Channel 5.

She faces a tough field with Benita Johnson from Australia to name one. It will be a great test for the New York Marathon on 2nd November where she faces even better opposition!

Can't wait to see the race!! Good luck Paula!!!

Good training week!

Een Vlaams berichtje voor de verandering vandaag! De looptraining gaat nog altijd prima. Voor de 2de week op een rij probeer ik nu enkele keren per week tussen de 8-10km te lopen en dat gaat lekker.
Deze week deed ik de volgende training:
Maandag: 10.8km met gemiddelde van 10.8km/h
Woensdag: interval met de Chester Triathlon Club: 4 x 400m, 2 x 1000m en nog eens 4 x 400 meter. Daartussen natuurlijk wat uitblazen.
Vandaag, vrijdag: 9.45km met gemiddelde van 10.8km/h
Zondag staat er een training van 12km op het programma met een snelheid van rond de 10.5km/h.

Zo begin ik stilletjes aan de kilometers een beetje op te drijven voor de training voor mijn eerste 1/2 marathon, de Four Villages 1/2 marathon in Helsby op 18 januari 2009.

Nu tijd om te gaan slapen!

Groetjes

Nathalie

Welcome to my new blog!

AOL decided to scrap the journals (blogs) from 31st October 2008. I first thought about waiting until the Christmas period or next Spring to re-start my blog but really enjoyed 'blogging' so here I am again!!

Hopefully I will have been able to copy my old blog to this one and you'll be able to read all the old postings.

As before this blog will hold information on my running training (which is going very well) together with information from my Garmin (excellent training aid!!).

Bye for now!

NattyBell