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Good going DT. Hopefully that extra mileage will tip the balance.
For VLM 2014, I clocked 586 miles over Jan-Mar with no bike ... this time I'm on 458 miles but with 373 on the bike. Not sure what that all means but we'll find out in under 3 weeks!
parkrun and 22 miles planned for the weekend ... legs are feeling crap but just need to get it in the bag and then start to taper.
Reasonably pleased today! 21:07 or thereabouts. Was blustery and not been well this week so will take that. The A target was sub 21 so not too far away. Will be disappointed if I'm not well under that in the summer.
Feeling quite tired now after my lunchtime run.
Backed off already a bit. 4th weekly run is now reduced from 10 to 5 mile recovery which makes a big difference.No more runs beginning with a 2 left to do either.
good luck with the weekend plans, Dr Dan. Will you be stopping for a beer after London?
Lovely morning for the inaugural running of this race, which took place in a country park in Waltham Abbey. Started and finished at the white water centre where the 2012 Olympic canoeing and kayaking took place.
There was also a HM taking place, with a different start area so went to scope out the correct start area for my race during my warm up. Started bang on time at 9.45 with a loop of the canoeing course before heading out into the park for the main loop of the race. Kept the pace sensible, although slightly faster than my planned 7:30m/m before picking up to 7:05m/m for the 6th mile. My watch actually measured at 6.29 miles, and last 0.29 was done in just over 6m/m pace to allow me to dip under my target of 46 mins.
Watch said 45:56, still waiting for chip time to confirm this.
Overall, pretty happy with that and would happily recommend the event to others if they hold it again next year.
Great stuff DT! Get yourself to a fast and flat 5k or parkrun (and if the latter, then tell yourself it is a race rather than a parkrun!).
Feeling a bit achey here today, my hips obviously aren't used to 10k at that effort level, but hopefully they will loosen off over the next couple of days.
My plan for the next two weeks is to have a couple of 'off-plan' weeks, just running easy and getting the miles in the bank, before doing a parkrun to see what improvements I've made over that distance since mid-Feb. Then get back into another (short) 10k schedule before a race late May.
Well down Andrew! Good to see you racing!
Great 5 miler DT - a real confidence booster. Strange about parkrun but shows it's just a mind thing rather than physical. I had my last alcohol yesterday and I am planning to drop by The Red Lion for the next one - hopefully see you there (I assume there may be the odd recognisable face).
I skipped parkrun on Saturday after a bad night's sleep but got up early on Sunday and did 23 miles at 8:55/mi. Last 3 miles were hard work and I was glad I'd missed parkrun. Glad to have that one in the bag ... 3 weeks to go and it's now officially taper time.
Decent long run Dan: now take it easy!
I'm having a back off week or two before the next 10-12 week schedule: target is my club's 5 series starting July 6th.
Dr Dan, I found when I did 22 last week, the miles after 20 were hard going. Largely mentally though as in my head 20 was as much as the schedule demanded.
I aim to get to the Red Lion but not sure who else will be. Not heard from PRF in a bit. Will he be in London? I will see on the overdone thread who else is about.
I'm feeling pretty good today, not at all like I raced yesterday. Usually a sign that I'm in a decent place when I can absorb races and bigger sessions well.
One more big push this week with 13 at mp tomorrow night and a 10k race sunday. Conditions look reasonable again. I did the same race last year in 31.31 so this will give me some indication of if I am in better/same/worse shape. Based on yesterday I should realistically be shooting for sub 39 and possibly pb.
Not sure about many other races, but PRF/HO seem to be enjoying their parkrunning. They did run a marathon in Feb and PRF was first M50 and HO won the women's.
I would contact the organisers, AD!
Andrew, I would certainly make contact. It usually only takes an e-mail. Unless it was a very large race they will often have a rough manual record, or they will accept a garmin trace.
Sorry, that should be 39.31. I had 5 mile times on my mind.
Excellent work hitting your 10K target, Andrew, and I'm glad you actually got a result in the end!
Looks like your 5K PB is well overdue a recalibration, DT.
Great effort in the Parkrun, alehouse.
25 miles last week for me, so back on target. That included a new tempo run which I really enjoyed - a 2.5 mile loop, up then down, which I ran at 6 min/mile pace or so. Hard to be exact, because it was more like 6:45 on the way out followed a by 5:40 on the way back, but a good workout I think.
Andrew, Yes I see your point with that. It effectively makes slower people slower again!
Good training, Myox. I am thinking of following a 10k schedule from mid May through to mid July which contains some horrible looking sessions. I am hoping that will break up the half schedule, followed by mara schedule of last 2 years and yield a decent 5k performance. I do also note that people that run slower 10k times than me who turn up at parkrun every week seem much better than me at it. So I might just have 6 weeks of parkrunning every weekend I can get there.
13 at MP tonight. The last bigger session.
Good luck with that run DT. I always imagine that by this stage in marathon training people's bodies must be crying out for a rest, but you seem to sounding remarkably fresh!
Hip feels significantly looser today, so barring any deterioration tomorrow will get out for a few miles tomorrow evening.
Needless to say, the organisers haven't replied to my suggestion about getting starters into a sensible order.
I am operating at a bit of a calorie deficit at the minute as trying to scrape off the last few lbs. I possibly also underestimated residual fatigue from last week.
I continue to race better than i train.
Ah, sorry DT! Still, 10 miles sounds like a good session still. Hope your last sentence remains true for your 10k and then, of course, London!
Lovely day here (again) - itching to get out for a run now!
Yes, 10 miles is still a good stint. Mentally though, 13 would have been a decent boost.
In the past I have always trained very well and under performed in races, so from experience, this is a better problem to have.
I will get a 5 mile recovery in early evening. Though it's gone cloudy here now.
I just bike-commuted on Mon and Tues while my legs recovered from Sunday's 23. Today is run commuting - felt OK this morning but expect the return leg will be less pleasant. Plan is: bike-commute Thurs, run-commute Fri, rest Sat, 10 mile race Sunday.