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Anyway, got to six miles, then seven, and I still felt okay so I carried on. Got to nine and decided to go for 10 miles and I did it in 1:41:11. I ran out of drink and didn't have another gel so I had to stop, but 10 miles! Well I'm on the way to my half marathon distance for September's Bristol Half Marathon.
I seem to have lost a bit of enthusiasm for running over the last week or so. I'm still running but finding it a slog and feel like I can't be arsed to be honest. Makes it all hard miles.
Speed work on Friday, I rested today. I wanted to get in a couple of qickish miles and keep a steady pace either side. The first one is always the hardest!
Friday's run:
1st mile 6 14
2nd 6 41
3rd 5 54
4th 5 58
5th 6 29
the final run in at 7 36 pace as a bit of a warm down
Overall average 6 26 pace
16 miles tomorrow and the '6 hills' run ............ oh deep joy!
JS7, maybe you are overtraining and just need to take a couple of days off and do something different like cross training perhaps.
I completed the White Horse HM this morning. It was a nice scenic route, fairly flat and great weather for running. It wasn't chip-time and I didn't have my Garmin with me as I just wanted to have a run so will have to wait until results out before I know my time.
12 miles for me today at 8:06 per mile. Lovely spring morning and perfect for running. It was my longest distance at a faster pace but it felt fine throughout. 42 miles this week which is a new record high
. I will probably aim for slightly less this week as I am running a 10K race next Sunday. Then I will have a lower mileage week as I taper for the Sheffield Half the week after.
Today's run 15.8 in an overall 7 58 pace ............. there were loads of hills today, 3 of which were bloody steep and one which is a very steady climb over a mile and a quarter.
I worked the hills and took it slow on the flat and downhills and maybe it's woken me up a little!
Good luck next weekend in the 10k JFP and see you in Sheffield
hard running today, had to go to an exhibition this morning so no time to run til this afternoon, by which time I'd stuffed myself silly with all the goodies being handed out from the stalls. had gut ache most of the way round so pleased to have just completed the run to be honest. shame as it was a nice day out there.
7.48m in 1.12
Good luck with that
Thanks Jon , I have followed the plan to the T ...
Mine was the Paddock Wood Half Marathon.
Never done it before, but had done a few halves. Wasn't expecting a particularly fast time as I did a 10K in Guernsey on Good Friday. I set a PB in that one (59.11), breaking the PB I'd set for the distance 5 days earlier!
Lovely weather yesterday. Just set off running and enjoyed it. Realised as I went through 7 miles that there was the possibility of another PB, so kept going at the same pace. It seemed to work!! Went through 10 miles 15 minutes faster than I've ever run a 10 mile road race. Pushed on for the finish from 2 miles out and although it felt quite hard I broke my half PB by over 10 minutes. Now stands at 2.19!!
Weather was lovely, scenery fantastic, crowds superb, other runners very good, organisation very slick. Seemed to be a perfect race!
Feeling very happy with setting 3 PBs in 14 days as I've been running for well over 10 years, only young (25) so hopefully more improvement left! Sorry if I seem big headed, but just very happy with my running at the moment.
Suerunner, well done on your achievements in such a short period of time (the 3 PBs I mean) - nobody will think you're big headed, anyone will be as chuffed as you if we broke 3 PBs in 2 weeks!
Rested yesterday and not done my run yet today - going out this afternoon for the hills since I'm on a day off. Will report back later.
Hey guys
Last run yesterday afternoon
6.5miles in 1hr 10 1st 5miles were faster 50mins but struggled with major headwind on way back
training for half marathon in 3weeks
actually struggling should be a better word than training
I accidentally ran roughly 10 miles instead of roughly 10 k.
Took me an hour of head scratching to work out 0.8 on a car's mileometer doesn't equate to 800 meters.(I lived in france for 5 years, metric clock must've stuck with me).
Thought 1hr.40 was a bloody long time for 10k!
Anyway I've never ran that far before in my life, even when I was fit in my 20's. And for someone who's stopped (heavy) smoking 12 months ago and only started running 6 months ago, at 36, with zero base fitness, still 18lbs overweight: well it's a nice marker for me. If completely accidental!
Hi all! just got back from a 5 mile tempo run, 28.45. think i maybe went a bit too hard given the forthcoming whitley 10k on sunday! think i'd better do a few easy runs thurs and fri and rest on sat. hoping for a sub 38 10k sunday but not that confident due to the undulating profile!! anyone else doing this race??
Cheers
Matt
MH2 great running also. I suspect anyone that trains at sub 6 miles for 5 miles will be a fair bet for an under 38 10k
A tea time tempo run for me today. I took my youngest lad swimming today followed by his first pub lunch so my run took a deserved back seat for a change
12 miles tempo run with a 4 mile warm down. I didn't intend such a long warm down but I got caught up in the heat of the moment and the miles just disappeared.
12 miles at 6 29 pace though I lapped at 5 and 10 miles with the intention of a 10 mile negative split. I'd planned a 15 mile run with 3 sets of 5 miles 2 sets of which I intended to be quickish and the 3rd set around 9 minute miles.
As it turned out I ran the 10 with the intended negative split then followed it with 2 more fairly quick miles and then took a different route home to make the 4 mile warm down.
A lot slower tomorrow and Friday. Saturday off and then hills on Sunday.
Then it's all tapered in ready for the Sheffield Half
Happy running all
MLR ... 7.1 mile at average of 65% working heart rate, all of it below 70% ... fely okay despite Monday's "longest run ever" and the pace turned out as 8:24 min/mile which was good news at that HR.
I'm not sure I could run that far with hills, JFP. In fact i'm sure I couldn't, not yet anyway...
And well done JBT. Keep it steady now!
8k back on the chiswick towpath today....
I love the way the distance gets subjectively shorter the more often you do it