Week 3: Bloated panthers ride again…

With the traditional panther festivities finally over (hunting, rearing the cubs, rolling in the long grass, watching the Eastenders Christmas special – OMG Janine WTF!) a bloated Team Panther Dash can finally begin our marathon training regime proper.

The break did give a chance for a couple of short runs across the rolling hills*, treadmills and to the toilet after the marathon diet quite literally ‘backfired’.

A training plan has now been drawn up, based on the Brighton Marathon intermediate plan. It basically consists of 4 runs a week (5 miles Tuesday and Thursday, a shorter one Saturday and a longer one Sunday starting at 10 miles this Sunday). We started the regime yesterday. Panther frown.

At the moment we’re quite excited about it, it will be interesting to see if this excitement is maintained by week 13 (or week 2).

Happy new year and please give us your money.

*it appears our hill runs haven’t gone unnoticed, so we’ll have to be careful not to look too panthery in case a strange man doesn’t jump out of a bush to catch us.