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Morning all
What: 4 easy am, 8pm trying to push pace.
Why: trying to make all evening runs quicker.
Last hard: 10k race yesterday
Last rest: Fri 2nd May
What: 4 easy am, 8pm trying to push pace.
Why: trying to make all evening runs quicker.
Last hard: 10k race yesterday
Last rest: Fri 2nd May
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Gym-cycle, weights, swim
I think i had a hard day/night at the weekend
What:rest
Why:10k on Wed
Last hard:yesterday
Last rest:Sat
Why : Kid watching all day as partner working in London
Did you do a report of your ultra walk Benz - if not how did it go - it was at the weekend wasn't it?
Its on the moonwalk thread on events
It was only a marathon you know, cos i was too slow to make the 5 mile race the next day
unlike vrap
Just read your marathon report
i am soooooooo jealous
I could only ever dream about a time like that
well done!
What: Spinning class
Why: Still on minimal-to-no running although managed my plyometric drills and a short hilly plod on Saturday before a hefty sports massage.
Last hard: Saturday
Last rest: Thursday (stomach bug - not pretty)
What: Cycle to and from work (40 miles)
Why: Legs tired after racing yesterday.
Last Hard: 10K race yesterday. Broke 5 year old PB!
Last Rest: Saturday.
Well done Moonwalkers.
Happy Monday.
Morning all.
I shall be having a rest today. And I'll stop worrying too much about preparation from now on. Cricket plus beer the day before is now on the list of acceptable pre-race activities.
The Sandringham Half was fab - the most enjoyable race I've done. It was switched late to tracks & pathways around the estate, which made it easy on the aching bits, but it was a bit up and down, so unlikely to get a PB. Still, I only missed by 14 seconds, so I'm well pleased (OK, it can't have been a precise distance because of the nature of the course, but it was there or thereabouts). Felt very good the whole way, and enjoyed the lot.
Hooray.
And hoorays all round for you lot too.
Seriously, all the best, Monique.
Moonwalkers all, bravo, irrespective of times. I couldn't do it yet. I'm off to read the reports as soon as I've finished this.
The last of this crop of rest days. Pool exercises and short swim. Had a shiatsu maneuvre to try and free up neck again - always knocks me for six, so I'll be glad of an easy day.
I figured out my problem with the pool. The lanes are always very crowded. I don't venture in the fast lane: too much like cycling on the motorway. But I'm too fast for most of the 6-10 folk who must share the intermediate lane. Trying to pass, I speed up, and then muscles get very unhappy, and then I get unhappy.
I guess the thing to do is to swim at my usual speed until I run into the back of someone. Then swim arms alone or legs alone until the end, when it is usually more convenient to overtake.
I'm not going to make much progress until I can take the frustration out of the sport.
well done Moonwalkers its a long time to be on your feet, nice one at the Leeds 1/2 Monique and at the Sandringham 1/2, Swerve. Well done to all racers if I've missed you out (trying to actually do some work at the mo, so not concentrating fully on the forums). Did the Frinton 1/2 yesterday and smashed my pb by 2 mins to finish in 1:19:10 and I am well chuffed so today is easy day. Actually this week is easy week so will just be trolleying around for the week.
Have a good one all.
Why: Trying to give the knee/calf a chance to get better
Last hard: Yesterday 100 Lengths swimming
Last rest: Saturday
Good luck DBSA - 100 lengths! Golly. Er, I'm not going to tell you how many I swam. But I hope your lane wasn't as crowded as mine!
1 degree here and snowing and grey. This is because we have visitors arriving today. The weather here does not favour tourists.
What: 8 miles at marathon pace on muddy bridleways
Why: cos I have to (the mud is optional)
Last hard: Hill reps yesterday
Last rest: Saturday
Last week I ran 52 miles - highest mileage for 4 years - had three hard swimming sessions, went climbing twice, out on the skateboard once and pootled around on the mountain bike a bit too.
And I wonder why I'm tired today!
well done all you racers over the w/end some serious good times. Hilly, really excellent report, conveyed the angst brilliantly and shows the benefit of experience
Sunday Funrun 5 miler, 3 miles uphill (7:12, 7:26; 8:00) 2 miles downhill (6:40, 5:47) so I think the markers were wrong or short esp as the last 200m was up a 1in4 (or so it seemed)climb on loose chippings to the line, most intersting finish you ever did see. Ooh and did another 5 miles afterwards ....
had has 2 days rest ahead of this and actually felt quite good even though I had a bit of a bad patch at mile 3 ..
Today: xtrain recovery
why: ease out the aches
last hard day : yesterday
last rest :sat
enjoy
what: 8 miles easy
Why: Should be a rest day but missed my session yesterday.
Last Hard: Saturday
Last Rest: Yesterday
well I did have a curry and a beer the night before so I wonder whether I was ...ahem... wind assisted!
I'll get me coat.....
LIzzyB: WOW!! where do you find the time?? do you ahve to work?
Why : The weekend has caught up with me
Last Hard: yesterday, Blackpool 10k PB
Last Easy: Sat. Night drinking sess with the Northern Foumites in Liverpool.
Why: Race for Life yesterday meant I didn't do my long run, and also didn't get the grass cut.
RfL was great fun, but I couldn't get up any speed because I started 2/3 of the way back in the "runners" bit and had to dodge lots of walkers, but that's part of the event. Quite happy with my 32 mins, because it felt really comfortable. Just have to work on keeping at that pace for another 23 miles now.......
Why: Steady after yesterday's ten miler
Simon
What: 10 x 400's ave 75 secs (still a couple of seconds slower than last year!)Won't be happy until I'm doing them in under 70 secs.
Why: track session
Last hard: Saturday
Last rest: 12 days ago, I think
What: Hill session on the treadmill for 7 miles in an hour followed by weights and more swimming drills.
Why: Trying to improve my 10k time for Sunday's race
Last hard: Friday
Last rest: Tuesday
Why: schedule
Last hard: yesterday
Last rest: saturday
what : swim this morning and club run tonight.
why : physio advised swim for knee re-hab. Run, well why not eh?
last hard : Sat
last rest : yesterday
Need to keep distances low until my orthotics arrive (To correct my different leg lengths which were cause of all my knee grief!).
Wish the bloody things would hurry up.
What: Steady 8M on the muddy footpaths in the rain, quite nice really!
Why: Race yesterday, relay race tomorrow.
I'm only going to do one relay leg tomorrow & hills Wedensday. Possibly leg 4 or 2, I can't decide just yet on the team order!
Last hard: Yesterday
Last rest: Sat
What: AM: 5 miles steady
PM : 4 miles, Laps 1 & 3 very hard, Laps 2 & 4 recoveries.
Why: Today starts the heavy sessions again, with training twice daily ( work permitting )
Last Rest: Last Monday
Last Hard: Todays laps
Being carefull as 10km race on sun
That really is a remarkable PB improvement Parky. What do you think is possible now?
Might have to think about that as a method of race preparation Swerve. Particularly if my current dismal form continues.
Belated congrats to various moonwalkers.
what: 2.33 miles with last mile downwind, pushing it a bit but not too much
why: little sharpener for race tomorrow
last hard day: Fri (Sunday's "paddle" comes close)
last rest day: rest? At this time of year?
Actually did the above in 14:16 and for once felt q lively. Last mile downwind was in 5:47 - would be nice to get my legs used to moving at this speed once more...