Day 3,993 and I filmed a normal Tuesday just to show how it all actually fits together. Full time job, a baby, two dogs, and a marathon 32 days out that I want to run sub 2:24 at. People ask me the logistics all the time, so rather than explain it, I just pointed a camera at the day: the dog walk, the office, the track in the dark, and home again.

Tuesday is always track night for me, and this week’s session was 3 x 3 miles off 3 minutes rest, coming in at 16:26.6, 16:27.0 and 16:25.8. Just 1.2 seconds between the quickest and slowest rep, which I was pleased with, for 13 miles all in. It’s one of those sessions that tells you where your fitness is without any fuss.

The bigger picture is 28 days of running in a row to build this block: weekdays sitting at 8 to 12 miles, Tuesday nights on the track, parkrun and miles on a Saturday, then the long run on Sunday followed by the gym. Last week came to 89 miles and about 10 hours 15 minutes of running, including 20 miles on the Sunday with a 10K race dropped in the middle of it. One run a day, every day, fixed slots for the sessions, and letting the long run carry the week, that’s genuinely how it all fits round a job and a baby.

There’s more detail in the video than I can fit here, including where Iris goes on a Tuesday, the shoes I’m running in, and the three things I think actually make this manageable if you’ve got work and kids to juggle too. 32 days to Valencia now, and 2:24:35 still to beat. Go and watch the full video, and let me know down there, morning, midday or evening, when do you get your running in?

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