Updated the training plan courtesy of Runner’s World, it’s on the Training Schedule link above. Let’s see if I can stick to this through the final eight weeks. Today was a rest day post half-marathon, tomorrow is a gentle 6 mile cruise home from work.

Jumped on the treadmill at Runner’s Need and bought a pair of new trainers this afternoon. The latest model Saucony’s with over pronation correction, in fact exactly the same as the ones I have now - just fresher and nowhere near as flat. The current ones are only eight months old, but I noticed that I seemed to have lost the bounce in my step. Apparently decent trainers only have about 500 miles in them, and I’ve done at least a third of that just since buying the iPod. They say don’t change anything immediately prior to a big race, but there’s just enough time to run these in before the big day. Also bought a selection of gels so I could give those a trial on the next few long runs.