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Lat night I was in theory resting after Sunday's race, but got home feeling really good (only a little stiff in the calfs) so went out for a 'walkabout'. In this sort of run I go out the door without a fixed objective, running a (hilly) loop course to a total of about 7 miles but with options to bail at various points. I suppose you'd call it easy fartlek. Anyway I did the whole loop, so......
Today: Probably one hour steady, may cross train if feeling too weary.
Why: Get some good mileage in early in the week before work takes over on Wednesday, Thursday.
Last rest day: Last Thursday
Last hard day: Sunday
Today: Probably one hour steady, may cross train if feeling too weary.
Why: Get some good mileage in early in the week before work takes over on Wednesday, Thursday.
Last rest day: Last Thursday
Last hard day: Sunday
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Why: Training for GNR (1st 1/2M)
Last rest day: Monday
Last Hard Day: Sunday
Why: Time constraints. To get my mileage for the week off to a start.
Last hard day: Thursday.
Last rest day: Friday, but very easy day yesterday.
Why: last run before the Robin Hood half on sunday and I need to see how my knee is.
Last rest day: sunday
Last hard day: yesterday...did 2 miles on the treadmill cos it was p****** down outside but my knee packed in.
why: 1/2m schedule (2nd to last week!!)
Last run : long run on Sat
last rest: yesterday (knee been a bit funny)
Had a good session and didn't wimp out for once. Not having much luck at the gym though - last week I forgot my towel, this week I got changed into work clobber and found I had a big food stain down the front of my top! We're interviewing today so can't hide it under a jumper - had to go back home to change again.
Today: easy hour jog
Why: back into it after Sundays race
Last Rest : yesterday
Last Hard : Sunday
What: 4M+, pretty steady. again about 50 minutes, including time to talk to an old friend and stretching after the first mile. And no a-i's, no back pain, just ordinary. I'll take that!
After that pool exercises and a very short swim.
Swimmers: how best to build up: I start off with an elegant, effective relaxed stroke, which lasts all of two lengths. Then it all gets to be hard work, even though I can now do 30 lengths (1min bread after each 10 lengths). Suggestions?
Why: legs still a little stiff from Sunday, so probably best to leave hard sess until tomorrow.
Last hard: Sun 1/2.
Rest: Yesterday. A good day for rest seeming as the rain was torrential.
Long runs, intervals, and climbing mountains are definitely hard days.
why - the rain put me off - but I rationalised it down to tired legs so doing Monday today
last hard - Sunday
last rest - Monday
What : 7 mile tempo
Why : Club night – 10-mile race on Sunday
Last Hard Day: Sunday
Last Rest Day : Friday#
Stickless
Swimming comes 70% from style and form and only 30% from effort – so the way to improve your swim is to include weekly drill sessions into things:
For example
Warm up
Catch up
One armed
Legs / Arms only
Push and glide
Warm down
A good book is Total Immersion by Terry Laughlin ISBN: 068481885X
Will
Why: Cause it works!
Last hard run: Sunday
Last rest day: Yesterday
Probably last hard day for the week, will taper from tonight in preparation for the Robin Hood Half on Sunday.
You still on for this one Gareth?
Why: Don't want to do any hard sessions until maybe Thursday or Friday to ensure recovery from Sunday's race
Last hard day: Sunday
Last rest day: Friday
What:
AM - 2000m swim
PM - 8 miles incl a 5000m at 400m fast 200 at marathon pace
Why: First bit of speed work in a while
Days since last hard run: Today
Days since last rest day: Saturday
Stickless - As Will points out if you want to get better then you should really look to improve your technique. But you can still improve up to a point by just slogging out the laps.
MM - Still haven't got around to phoning the help-desk to see whether I can switch to the half on Sunday, as I am entered for the full but there is no way I want to do that. Guess I can always drop out at half way if all else fails.
Gareth
What: Crosstraining (with a difference). Walk to GP surgery again (wound is red so I reckon that's taking up some fair metabolism time), entangled with the locum GP trying to look under the bra strap without actually baring all (that was hilarious) and finally I'm off to the hairdressers to get the locks lopped off before they fall out. So I have to endure the verbal train that is Tracey (my hairdresser) who talks at a mile a minute!
Why: because I can
Last hard day: This morning was hard. Mr woke me up and I stretched and forgot about the wound - it hurt. Alot.
Last easy day: probably about a month last sunday
Why: Tuesday is intervals day
Last Hard Day: Sunday's tempo run
Last Rest Day: Monday last week
Really pleased to be getting quicker and stronger at last after what feels like an endless plateau throughout the summer - I still find the stops, starts and setbacks of improvement highly puzzling, since it's not always when you're training hardest that you improve the most. Still my sub 2:50 goal for the Abingdon marathon now looks plenty "do-able" barring injury or illness or act of God.
Why: usually try to do this class on Tues - would normally do a run in the evening too but not today as I amm tired
Last hard day: Sun (GSR)
Last rest day: yesterday
Why: because I'm feeling good
Why: Need to get faster
Why: Latest day of Windsor training programme
Last Hard(Running)Friday
Last hard(drinking) Saturday, no more until after Windsor
Last rest: yesterday
I'm feeling much more confident with my training now than I was a couple of weeks ago and am really looking forward to Windsor
GFB
How did your training on holiday go? You didn't seem to be enjoying it much before you went. (and how did you find those intervals - I had them last week and wimped out after 4)
Doobs
What: 5 mile race in about an hours time.
Why: It's an annual event between 2 clubs, one of which I belong to. I don't intend to take it seriously, but will use it as a tempo run. It's only up the road so no need to leave early.
Last hard day: GSR
Last rest day: Sat.
Me 4.1 mile canter. Feel fantastic. Apart from my legs, obviously.
Why: Last hard long session before Hoylake 10K on Sunday
Last hard day: Sun
Last rest day: Sat
I see (just to the left of me) that the Hoylake 10K is still laughably referred to as a "fun run". If the wind blows....
The course is undulating with as much downhill as up, which I like.
There was only about 150 in the 5 miles event with all money going to charity. There was also a 2 mile fun run for kids and adults wanting a shorter distance.
Race 2 is on Sunday, same distance of 5 miles. Somewhere I've got to get a longer run in this week, or should I not worry and just keep to a low mileage week because of having 3 races in 8 days?
I only ran once whilst I was away, no real measure of distance but I'd estimate 4 miles.
Since coming back I've got back into my training but missed my long run Sunday just gone as I'd been on the piss all day Saturday. I'm aiming to do a 12 miler on Sunday which should set me up nicely for Windsor.
It's easy to regain your motivation after a break and I'm really looking forward to the race now.
GFB