So today is officially day two of my 9 week half marathon programme (which you can claim a free copy of by **clicking here**).

Today was the first real session and that was the introduction of a weights session.

Which looked like this and can be found in day 2 of my free blueprint:

Resistance Circuits
Exercise
1.Backward Lunges -10LR*
2.Swiss Ball Hamstring Curl -10
3.Plank -30 secs
4.Step Ups with Knee Up -10LR
5.Single Arm Row -10LR
6.Swiss Ball Half Jack Knife -10
7.Stationary Lateral Lunges -10LR
8.Single Leg Bridge -10LR
9.Side Plank -30 secs LR
*LR= left and right, i.e. 10 backward lunges on each leg.

So the way this works is I complete exercises 1 through 9 and then rest 90 seconds before repeating it once more. Simple, fast and effective (it does get tougher if you checkout how the programme progresses over the weeks).

I had to fight the urge to do some interval sprints at the end, feeling like I hadn’t done ‘enough’ but I need to make sure I follow the plan I have laid out. I’ve done it for a reason and I know it works.

Tomorrow I’m going to test my fitness level by doing a submaximal treadmill test that you can do yourself. It has some fairly complicated maths in it but I’ll try and explain it as well as possible.

Also it will be time for my first mile time trial running session.

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