Day 1 of Marathon training inspired by Angus' marathon PB

Ive decided to do the 2014 Edinburgh marathon inspired by Angus F Marathon pb.I'm hoping that by the end of the year I'll have got fast as I can aerobically.I will be using the Lydiard way to training using maffetones effort for base .ie train every day if the ithlete HRV app says so .I will however doing my best to train most days and sometime twice a day without stressing my system.Today I start with a 2.5 hour run and a 13 second a mile improvement compared to last week

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/comparison?activityId=318157156&activityId2=314805702

Day 8. Rest day

I'm happy to report my standing pulse is the lowest this year and HRV is up on yesterday ..its all going in the right direction

Day 7

It was a low 40 min one this morning ..felt quite good ..431 for warm up walk..I can see a sub 430 next week ..20mins took me to casino entrance .2 days on is working well so far

Day 6...SUB 100 BPM

My standing pulse was lowest this year at 60 tho HRV is down one point from yesterday ..good omen as my walking test at last averaged below 100 ..

Day 6

Day off today and HRV is still in the 70s ...

Day 5

Decided to do a 2 hour with 30 min warm up and cool down...not great mainly walking ..HRV was 78 after run tho so walking is definitely great for recovery.

Day 4

Just time for a short run this morning and walk test wasn't great ..usual time of 4-34 but a heart rate of 104...must get below 100 soon