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 Jim
Haysom is focused and
motivated on running the London Marathon
2005 on Sunday 17th
April having ran last
years marathon and raising
raising money for
the Arthritis Research
Campaign (arc).
With his father having
suffered for over a decade
with Ankylosing Spondylitis,
and due for a hip
replacement at the young age of
47, Jim raised
£2,665.35 for the
charity.
Now
Jim is preparing for the FLM
2005 by getting back to the
training and entering
competitive races once
again. Check out the
progress on his first Nike
10k Run when he will
challenge his brother and
RunLondon.
London
Marathon 2004 Background
"I am
currently in training for
the 26.2 mile run around the
city, which will be my first
attempt. Not only is
this a physical challenge,
but a mental one too! I
have been successful in
gaining a Gold Bond, so it will be
such an exciting and rewarding
day. It would be an
added bonus to run for the
Charity's Team and raise
money for a well deserved
cause. Also, I would
love to see my Dad standing there at the finish
line with a big smile on his
face!", says Jim.
 Please
sponsor me online at www.justgiving.com/jimhaysom.
You
can make a charity donation
on the website as it only
takes a few minutes.
It's
much easier for me to
collect sponsorship money
this was too! Also, if
you are a UK taxpayer your
donation will be increased
by 28% at no cost
to you.
Thank
you to all my personal and
corporate sponsors in
2004. Now I'm looking
forward to running the Flora
London Marathon 2005.
 My
14
Week Marathon Training
Schedule
I
am aiming
for a 4:30 hour race, and am
following the training
programme given to me from arc.
However, I am trying to
stick to it as best I can
between flying round the
world and working in
London.
Below
is a my actual actual
progress, so you comfortably
know that I capable of
finishing before it is
dark! To run a 4:30
marathon, it is
approximately doing a 10
minute mile, all the way
round! Click here to
see a course map.
Training
officially started on
Saturday 10th January with a
light 4 mile jog across
Blackheath Common (the start
of the marathon). If
fact, I actually did more
like 3 miles due to the
excessive amount of calories
I had put on in Sydney,
Thailand and over Christmas.
It was well worth it, as it
was a training day for all
the runners who are running
for arc.
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Warm
Up
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time
(min/mile) |
Total
Miles |
|
Sat
10th Jan
|
Road/grass
jog around Blackheath
Common with arc team. |
60
mins (Avg 15) |
4.0
miles |
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Week
One
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
|
Tue
13th Jan
|
Taking
it easy down the gym
(putting use to the £50
I pay each month).
Mix of the treadmill,
cross trainer,
stepper, resistance
work. |
42
mins (Avg 14) |
3.0
miles
|
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Sat
17th Jan
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
rain. |
60
mins (8, 14, 12, 16,
10) |
5.0
miles
|
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Week
Two
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
|
Mon
19th Jan
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
rain. |
33
mins (12, 11, 10) |
3.0
miles
|
|
Thu
22nd Jan
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
rain. Thank you
Ali (my fiancée) for
joining me for the
moral support for the
first mile. |
32
mins (9, 11, 12) |
3.0
miles
|
|
Sun
25th Jan
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley, but
this time it was dry! |
91
mins (9, 10, 12, 11,
12, 12, 13, 12) |
8.0
miles
|
|
Week
Three
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
|
Thu
29th Jan
|
Pavements
and roads covered in
ice and snow! So
a trip to the gym and
long run on the
treadmill. |
60
mins (13, 12, 12, 12,
11) |
5.0
miles
|
|
Sun
1st Feb
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
rain. Picked up
an injury on route due
to a fight with a
bramble bush, and cut
up my lower right leg. |
42
mins (8, 12, 12, 10) |
4.0
miles |
|
Week
Four
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
|
Tue
3rd Feb
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
rain. |
57
mins(10, 11, 11, 12,
13) |
5
miles
|
|
Wed
4th Feb
|
Hills,
hills, hills. Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
rain. |
30
mins (10, 10,
10) |
3
miles
|
|
Thu
5th Feb
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
dry. |
45
mins (10, 11, 12, 12) |
4.0
miles
|
|
Sun
8th Feb
|
All
terrain run from
Crawley to East
Grinstead, and back to
Crawley again. Quite
windy, yet the sun was
out. |
120
mins (Avg 11) |
11.5
miles
|
|
Week
Five
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
|
Thu
12th Feb
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
dry. |
37
mins (9, 10, 9, 9) |
4.0
miles
|
|
Sun
15th Feb
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
dry. |
80
mins (11, 11, 11, 12,
10, 10, 15) |
7.0
miles
|
|
Week
Six
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
|
Tue
17th Feb
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
rain. |
52
mins (9, 11, 11, 11.
10) |
5.0
miles
|
|
Wed
18th Feb
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
rain. |
42
mins, 10, 11, 11, 10 |
4.0
miles
|
|
Thu
19th Feb
|
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
cold. |
39
mins (9, 10, 10, 10) |
4.0
miles
|
|
Sun
22nd Feb
|
All
terrain run from
Crawley to East
Grinstead, back to
Crawley and around the
houses. Windy, rainy,
dry, cold and then
rainy - But non-stop! |
142
mins (Avg 10) |
14.0
miles
|
|
Week
Seven
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
|
W/c
23rd Feb
|
Having
suffered with a cold
and completing a PB of
14 miles last weekend,
I have chosen to have
a rest (week). |
N/a |
N/a
|
|
Sun
29th Feb
|
However, I did raise £200
for arc
at a car boot sale in
the freezing cold.
Huge thanks, to Ali,
Mum, Ken & Millie
for bearing the
freezing cold. |
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Week
Eight
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
| Thu
4th Mar |
Back
to the training, and
blimey it was
tough. Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
dry. |
40
mins (9, 11, 11, 9) |
4.0
miles |
| Sun
7th Mar |
adidas
Flora London Half
Marathon 2004 (Silverstone
Grand Prix Circuit)
I
did it! What a
fantastic day. About 10,000 people
running around the
home of the British
Grand
Prix.
|
Official
Time 2:05:50 (Avg 9.30)
Position
4,172 (All - 6,335 tbc)
|
13.1
miles |
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I
am well chuffed with
the time, faster than
expected, which even
included a toilet stop
after about 7/8
miles. Drank
plenty of Vittel
Water
and
Lucozade
Sport!
Got
my finishers t-shirt
and medal, and now
looking forward to the
photos and a hot bath!
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Week
Nine
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
| Wed
11th Mar |
Due
to the poor weather,
took the opportunity
to use my gym
membership and get on
the treadmill. I must
say, how boring it is
running in the
gym! |
27
mins (12, 12) |
2.2
miles |
| Sun
14th Mar |
Rain,
rain, rain, with some
more rain and lots of
wind. This must
have been the hardest
run ever, mixed with
plenty of hills.
My bloody nipples
caused a much needed
stop, with regret I
didn't get to 16
miles. Must
remember the plasters
and more Vaseline! |
106
mins (Avg 10.30) |
10.0
miles |
|
Week
Ten
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
| Wed
17th Mar |
Road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
cold. |
65
mins (9, 11, 11, 12,
12, 10) |
6.0
miles |
| Thu
18th Mar |
Shortest
road
run around the local
area in Crawley.
Pain every 2nd step,
need to bazooka my
left foot... with only
32 days to go, aagghh. |
7
mins (7) |
1.0
mile |
| Sun
21st Mar |
adidas
Breakfast Run
(Kingston upon Thames)
A
mix of many things for
this 8.20am run,
weather, terrain,
locality and
pain. I'd be a
fool to say it was
easy... far from it!
|
Official
Time 2:45:51 (Avg
10.30)
Position
1,840 (All - 2,069)
|
16.0
miles |
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Huge
thanks to Ali, Mum,
Ken & Millie for
coming to watch (even
on Mother's
Day). Sorry you
had to stand in the
wind and rain...
remember I had to run
in it!
Thanks
also to Josh for the
company on the way
round. Without
it, I would've
collapsed at 13 miles.
|
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|
Week
Eleven
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
| Thu
25th Mar |
Popped
down the gym to watch
the football, but it
wasn't on, doh. Did manage to do a
short workout, 20 mins
run, 20 mins cross
trainer and 2x12 sit
ups. |
20
mins (10, 10) |
2.0
miles |
| Sun
28th Mar |
Easy
run from Redhill to
Salfords.
Niggling injury to
left knee made what
was an enthusiastic
Sunday run to an early
painful hobble back to
the car. At
least I found out
Redhill train station
is exactly 9 miles
away from home! |
60
mins (Avg 13.30) |
4.5
miles |
|
Week
Twelve
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
| Sun
4th Apr |
Easy
run from Crawley to
Horley, before having
to stop due to the
knees. |
22
mins (11, 11) |
2.0
miles |
|
Week
Thirteen
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
| Mon
5th Apr |
Easy
run from Crawley to
Horley, and walk back to
Crawley. Pain in
the side to the knees
sadly meant another
short run. Absolutely
gutted. |
36
mins (12, 12, 12) |
3.0
miles |
| *** |
Confirmed
injury - ITBS |
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Week
Fourteen
|
Actual
Achievement |
Time |
Total
Miles |
| Fri
16th Apr |
Easy
road
run around the local
area in Crawley in the
lovely
sun.
|
31
mins (10, 10, 11) |
3.0
miles |
|
Sun
18th Apr
|
Official
London Marathon Day!
Click
the thumbnails below
for larger photos from
the day.
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Official
Time 5:56:25 (Avg
13.36)
Position
29,994 (Started -
32,101, Finished-
31,679)
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26.2
miles
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My
Personal Race Report:
Flora London Marathon
2004
"So
I thought best that I
write down what the
event was actually
like. To almost
everyone reading this,
running a marathon is
something that is on
their "before I
get old, to do
list".
Indeed, we have all
grown up watching it
on the telly, laughing
at the fools running
around our capital in
fancy dress, and
admiring every person
who crosses the finish
line. 'Cause you
wouldn't catch me
doing that... I
reminisce.
Well,
I did it! No
matter how many times
people have
questioned, "What
time did you do it
in?", I feel time
is actually irrelevant
for such an
event. In fact,
an event is the wrong
word, as training for
this "fun
run" started in
over 3 months
ago. Maybe we
should call this an
"experience".
Training
has been tough, total
of 160 miles, and I
can look back now,
post marathon, and
reflect on those late
nights running the
streets of Crawley in
the dark and pounding
rain. A breathe
of fresh air for the
long runs out of town,
but in fairness,
without it, I would
never have got this
far.
Arriving
at Blackheath Common
at the start filled me
with both
uncontrollable adrenalin
and anxiety. Firstly
the trek across the
common to the red
start was far enough
from the train
station, but seeing so
many people in the
pens at the start was
quite
overwhelming.
Thousands, as far as
the eye could see,
just like the
television cameras
show, stretched all
along the path in
multitudes of colour,
fabric, shapes, sizes
and all of ages!
It
took over 17 minutes
to get to the start
line, but once through
those gates, it was
such a rush. The
crowds were pretty
thin for the first
half a mile, but that
was okay. Most
people were trying to
find their feet and
next steps, as it was
like a supermarket
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