It’s always recommended to itemise one’s runs in a diary of some form and I tend to do this in a few different places with some sparse details such as, the route, time, type of run and, if anyone, the company I had on the run. Here’s a simple table of what’s happened so far during the first fifteen weeks of training for The Robin Hood Marathon 2009. It shows an average of around 33-plus miles per week at this point – one that will hopefully be moving upwards over the next four weeks before the final tapering week.
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | TOTAL | |
| WEEK 1 – 30.4.09 | 1 (London Mar) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 (Nottm register) | 1 | 13.1 | 19.1 |
| WEEK 2 – 3.5.09 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.5* | 1 | 9.5 |
| WEEK 3 – 10.5.09 | 7.3* | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3.6* | 3 | 30.9 |
| WEEK 4 – 17.5.09 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4.5* | 1 | 22.5 |
| WEEK 5 – 24.5.09 | 10.4* | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4.6.* | 3 | 30 |
| WEEK 6 – 31.5.09 | 10.5* | 4 | 5 | 3 | 10.5 | 4.5..* | 1 | 38.5 |
| WEEK 7 – 7.6.09 | 4* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 4.5* | 1 | 19 |
| WEEK 8 – 14,6,09 | 7* | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4.5.* | 4.5 | 60 |
| WEEK 9 – 21.6.09 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3.8.* | 1 | 25.8 |
| WEEK 10 – 28.6.09 | 7* | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| WEEK 11 – 5.7.09 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4.1* | 7 | 32.1 |
| WEEK 12 – 12.7.09 | 7* | 6 | 4* | 1 | 7.5 | 4.5* | 3 | 34 |
| WEEK 13 – 19.7.09 | 7.1* | 21 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 40.1 |
| WEEK 14 – 26-8.09 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 3.7* | 3.5 | 60.2 |
| WEEK 15 – 2.8.09 | 7* | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4.8* | 31.2 | 50 |
| WEEK 16 – 9.8.09 | ||||||||
| WEEK 17 – 16.8.09 | ||||||||
| WEEK 18 – 23.8.09 | ||||||||
| WEEK 19 – 30.8.09 | ||||||||
| WEEK 20 – 6.9.09 | ||||||||
| WEEK 21 – 13.9.09 | Nottm Marathon | |||||||
THE TEARS OF A CLOWN 