It's a little over 10 days until the VHI Women's Mini Marathon and if you're anything like us, you're still grappling with the old Game of Thrones and takeaway/running balance.
Over the past few weeks on Dermot and Dave, we've been following the progress of our own Roisin Reilly. Roisin, who works with us here in Today FM , is signed up for the Mini Marathon but she also wants to use it to make permanent changes to her fitness.
After completing a half marathon a few years back, she fell out of love with running and is hoping to reignite the passion.
Our own Ronan Murphy from Toned Fit has been coaching Roisin for the past couple of weeks, offering advice on distance, training and food.
Spoiler alert: dancing on a night out and a chipper after is not enough in the way of exercising and carb loading.
This morning, we caught up with Roisin to see how she was getting on and Ronan had some advice for her, anyone doing the Mini Marathon or indeed any kind of 10km run.
Here's Ronan's plan with 10 days to go...
Day 10-Your first of two 8km runs. The last 2km will come on the day through adrenaline.
Day 9-Take it handy, keep it to stretching and core work.
Day 8-6km run, with some core work.
Day 7-4km run
Day 6-Your last 8km after this you will taper off
Day 5-Have a nice rest day, put the legs up and do some stretching
Day 4-6km run
Day 3-If you're up for it, run 4km at race pace
Day 2-Take a rest with some stretching
Day 1-A 3/4km run at race pace and enjoy it!
Day 0-Get the runners on and give it a go!
And Ronan has four top tips for anyone running 10km or any distance...
H20-focus on your water intake. Try to get 4/5 litres a day in small sips.
Start intergrating core work, lots of planks (we're sorry)
Make your rest count-get good sleep, get the legs up.
Eat right-get your complex carbohydrates in after your runs.
And most importantly, have the craic!
