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Blisters - indeed, I was aware of your recent troubles. No spring mara in understandable. but you have plenty of time for IM, as you wont be racing until the summer.
Feel free to update as ever (without offending the spacing police)
Feb 2 - 10K Jersey - GM - sub 40
Feb 16 – Wrexham Half – Mennania – 79.xx
Feb 16 - Brighton Half - FINgers - TBC - Fitness Test
Mar 2 - Reading Half - FINgers - TBC - Mid Long Run
Mar 9 - Surrey Half - Lorenzo - 1:25.xx, Sporty Badger sub-1.30
Mar 9 - Milton Keynes Half - Abbers sub-1.30
Mar 16 Barcelona - Barry B sub 3:15
Mar 29 - Eco Trail de Paris 80Km - SJ - uninjured completion
Apr 6 - Brighton Mara - FINgers – TBC - Sporty Badger sub-3.20
Apr 6 – Paris mara – Mennania – Sub 3
Apr 6 – Manchester mara – knight rider – Sub 3
Apr 13 - VLM - PMJ - 2.4x, Ant - sub 3, Bike It - 3:14:59, Lorenzo sub 3:10, Minni - 3:12, Abbers, Poacher - TBA, AR - get past 16 miles
May 11 - Fred Whitton Challenge - SJ - no crashes
May 31 - Kent Roadrunner - Gul Darr sub 3:15
May 31 - Stockholm - SJ - sub 3:15 with match retention
Jun 1 - Comrades - Poacher; Bike It sub 8:20
Jun 1 - Walled city marathon - Leslie H
Jun ? - Swim length of Ullswater - SJ - no drowning
July - Thunder Run - Minni
July 27 - Outlaw - SJ - 10:xx
October - Yorkshire marathon - Minni TBC
October 26 - Frankfurt - SJ - sub 3
Feb 16 ??? Wrexham Half ??? Mennania ??? 79.xx??
Feb 16 - Brighton Half - FINgers - TBC - Fitness Test
Mar 2 - Reading Half - FINge - TBC - Mid Long Run.- moof - sub 80.
Mar 9 - Surrey Half - Lorenzo - 1:25.xx, Sporty Badger sub-1.30
Mar 9 - Milton Keynes Half - Abbers sub-1.30
Mar 16 Barcelona - Barry B sub 3:15??
Mar 29 - Eco Trail de Paris 80Km - SJ - uninjured completion
Apr 6 - Brighton Mara - FINgers ??? TBC - Sporty Badger sub-3.20
Apr 6 ??? Paris mara ??? Mennania ??? Sub 3
Apr 6 ??? Manchester mara ??? knight rider ??? Sub 3
Apr 13 - VLM - PMJ - 2.4x, Ant - sub 3, Bike It - 3:14:59, Lorenzo sub 3:10, Minni - 3:12, Abbers, Poacher - TBA, AR - get past 16 miles
May 11 - Fred Whitton Challenge - SJ - no crashes
May 31 - Kent Roadrunner - Gul Darr sub 3:15
May 31 - Stockholm - SJ - sub 3:15 with match retention
Jun 1 - Comrades - Poacher;??Bike It ??sub 8:20
Jun 1 - Walled city marathon - Leslie H
Jun ? - Swim length of Ullswater - SJ - no drowning
July - Thunder Run - Minni
July 27 - Outlaw - SJ - 10:xx
October - Yorkshire marathon - Minni TBC
October 26 - Frankfurt - SJ - sub 3
Cut and paste seems to have stuck in a load of ???.
Mennania - enjoy the 20 today - a few weeks before I do my first.
Ant - it might be hard work doing those 2 sessions back to back but it will pay dividends in the end. Or then again you might be crocked as SJ says. Sorry, not very helpful.
PMJ - good LT run.
Moof - I got to pick my own number for the Roadrunner mara - all the significant ones had gone, so I plumped for 6. Stonking tempo run.
GM - only 9 days to go! (Or 8 now). That's a mightily impressive WJR.
BOTF - steady progress.
Rich - good speedy run there.
Leslie - nice set of 400s.
TR - 53:4x?!
Blisters - hi! Hope things pick up soon.
My 11 miles steady morphed into a MP run. 1:20 dead = 7:16 m/m. Week 14 completed - 64 miles! Big cut-back week next.
Allow me...
Feb 2 - 10K Jersey - GM - sub 40
Feb 16 - Wrexham Half - Mennania - 79.xx
Feb 16 - Brighton Half - FINgers - TBC - Fitness Test
Mar 2 - Reading Half - FINge - TBC - Mid Long Run.- moof - sub 80.
Mar 9 - Surrey Half - Lorenzo - 1:25.xx, Sporty Badger sub-1.30
Mar 9 - Milton Keynes Half - Abbers sub-1.30
Mar 16 Barcelona - Barry B sub 3:15
Mar 29 - Eco Trail de Paris 80Km - SJ - uninjured completion
Apr 6 - Brighton Mara - FINgers TBC - Sporty Badger sub-3.20
Apr 6 - Paris mara - Mennania - Sub 3
Apr 6 - Manchester mara - knight rider - Sub 3
Apr 13 - VLM - PMJ - 2.4x, Ant - sub 3, Bike It - 3:14:59, Lorenzo sub 3:10, Minni - 3:12, Abbers, Poacher - TBA, AR - get past 16 miles
May 11 - Fred Whitton Challenge - SJ - no crashes
May 31 - Kent Roadrunner - Gul Darr sub 3:15
May 31 - Stockholm - SJ - sub 3:15 with match retention
Jun 1 - Comrades - Poacher - Bike It sub 8:20
Jun 1 - Walled city marathon - Leslie H
Jun ? - Swim length of Ullswater - SJ - no drowning
July - Thunder Run - Minni
July 27 - Outlaw - SJ - 10:xx
October - Yorkshire marathon - Minni TBC
October 26 - Frankfurt - SJ - sub 3
Nice to hear from you Blisters- enjoy the road back- at least you have no running injuries.
Parkrun business here then off to the Lakes later today. Nice running w/end to all.
Feb 2 - 10K Jersey - GM - sub 40
Feb 9 - Chichester 10k - TR - a nice chunk quicker than Stubbington
Feb 16 - Wrexham Half - Mennania - 79.xx
Feb 16 - Brighton Half - FINgers - TBC - Fitness Test
Mar 2 - Reading Half - FINge - TBC - Mid Long Run.- moof - sub 80.
Mar 9 - Surrey Half - Lorenzo - 1:25.xx, Sporty Badger sub-1.30
Mar 9 - Milton Keynes Half - Abbers sub-1.30
Mar 16 Barcelona - Barry B sub 3:15
Mar 29 - Eco Trail de Paris 80Km - SJ - uninjured completion
Apr 6 - Brighton Mara - FINgers TBC - Sporty Badger sub-3.20
Apr 6 - Paris mara - Mennania - Sub 3
Apr 6 - Manchester mara - knight rider - Sub 3
Apr 13 - VLM - PMJ - 2.4x, Ant - sub 3, Bike It - 3:14:59, Lorenzo sub 3:10, Minni - 3:12, Abbers, Poacher - TBA, AR - get past 16 miles
May 11 - Fred Whitton Challenge - SJ - no crashes
May 31 - Kent Roadrunner - Gul Darr sub 3:15
May 31 - Stockholm - SJ - sub 3:15 with match retention
Jun 1 - Comrades - Poacher - Bike It sub 8:20
Jun 1 - Walled city marathon - Leslie H
Jun ? - Swim length of Ullswater - SJ - no drowning
July - Thunder Run - Minni
July 27 - Outlaw - SJ - 10:xx
October - Yorkshire marathon - Minni TBC
October 26 - Frankfurt - SJ - sub 3
Heavy legged 20M for me, legs threw in the towel after about 14M and the rest was a chore. Not enough running I guess.
Feb 2 - 10K Jersey - GM - sub 40
Feb 16 - Wrexham Half - Mennania - 79.xx
Feb 16 - Brighton Half - FINgers - TBC - Fitness Test
Mar 2 - Reading Half - FINge - TBC - Mid Long Run.- moof - sub 80.
Mar 9 - Surrey Half - Lorenzo - 1:25.xx, Sporty Badger sub-1.30
Mar 9 - Milton Keynes Half - Abbers sub-1.30
Mar 16 Barcelona - Barry B sub 3:15
Mar 29 - Eco Trail de Paris 80Km - SJ - uninjured completion
Apr 6 - Brighton Mara - FINgers TBC - Sporty Badger sub-3.20
Apr 6 - Paris mara - Mennania - Sub 3
Apr 6 - Manchester mara - knight rider - Sub 3
Apr 6 - Lochaber Mara - Rich26 - sub 3:15 Apr 13 - VLM - PMJ - 2.4x, Ant - sub 3, Bike It - 3:14:59, Lorenzo sub 3:10, Minni - 3:12, Abbers, Poacher - TBA, AR - get past 16 miles
May 11 - Fred Whitton Challenge - SJ - no crashes
May 31 - Kent Roadrunner - Gul Darr sub 3:15
May 31 - Stockholm - SJ - sub 3:15 with match retention
Jun 1 - Comrades - Poacher - Bike It sub 8:20
Jun 1 - Walled city marathon - Leslie H
Jun ? - Swim length of Ullswater - SJ - no drowning
July - Thunder Run - Minni
July 27 - Outlaw - SJ - 10:xx
October - Yorkshire marathon - Minni TBC
October 26 - Frankfurt - SJ - sub 3
Oi !
argh the spaces! help!
Great distance TR- did well to hang in if you felt weak.
18:24 at the parkrun today and 3rd. Had a nice sprint finish with a young lad under 20. He beat me of course but the effort gave me my best time since November and a WAVA of 80.8%.
I'm also close to a 60 mile week depending how far I manage in the Lakes tomorrow.
I'll have to update the list when not on my phone.
15 milea this morning in 1.43.5x av pace of 6.55. First mile was a warm up then 13.1 miles at MP in 1.29.01 followed by a warmdown mile. Dreaded this one but glad it's done!
Meant to say great post Blisters. I'll bookmark that one when I need a bit of motivation.
6 easy miles today at a plodtastic 8.30.pace.
Excellent MP half KR. That's a tough one to do on your own. Sheping up very nicely at the moment.
Great mileage and parkrun OO.
Good run to complete TR, even if the legs struggled. They can't all be easy.
Very high mileage again Gul and a good MP run to complete it. Enjoy the cutback.
Good varied session Slokey. Can't think of anything worse than swimming sprints!!
Ant - Be careful with P&D. When I followed it, almost to the letter, back in 2011 I went sub-3 for the first time but was totally knackered, lost the enjoyment and missed 2 weeks of the taper with injury. You know what your legs are capable of. Push yourself; but know when to ease off.
Second 20 miler of the year this morning for me. Aiming for a P&D-style run but faster than in previous years and ran the first 9 miles was at ave 7.40 pace with the second 9 miles at ave 6.53 pace. These were split by an impromptu pit-stop at the nearby out of town shopping centre's food hall (only place open at 8am) after suffering from a cold and a dodgy stomach all week.
You are getting pretty consistently fast OO51 - that's a great result and WAVA
Very nice MP session KR
Wish it was today Gul, but unfortunately my 20 is tomorrow in the predicted winds/storms etc, Nice mileage and enjoy the cutback
Grrr, high speed (for me - 27mph) blowout on the bike after only being out for less than 10minutes.
it was windy and rainy and fingers were numb so opted to call for a support car rather than fiddle with changing a tube on the roadside. Back home, tyre changed and now on spinning bike instead. #fairweathercyclist.
lovely mp running going on. Gul and KR looking very impressive.
well done on the parkrun OO. Weather up here isn't great but fine for running. I'll be out on the fells tomorrow whatever the weather.
Nice 20 there Martin and a speedy back 9 indeed. Sub 7 is always a good thing to see as they tick over.
00-51- getting faster every week now, how do you do it ?
KR- 1-29 half mara training run , good shape now
Martin- fast 20 miler
Slokey- at least you didnt fall off
8 for me this morning at an easy 8:45/mile giving me 66 miles for the week .
Decent running going on here in the past 24 hrs!
Gul - How did that pace feel over the distance?
KR - You are in good shape at the mo!
Martin - Likewise!
OO - Excellent time and do you think you can eventually crack the sub 18 soon? What WAVA would that give you? Maybe you have before?
6.2 for me tonight @ 7:11 avg pace, felt steady as opposed to hard so I guess that's ok. Windy on the way back with a few hills thrown in just for the fun of it.
Feb 2 - 10K Jersey - GM - sub 40
Feb 16 - Wrexham Half - Mennania - 79.xx
Feb 16 - Brighton Half - FINgers - TBC - Fitness Test
Mar 2 - Reading Half - FINge - TBC - Mid Long Run.- moof - sub 80.
Mar 9 - Surrey Half - Lorenzo - 1:25.xx, Sporty Badger sub-1.30
Mar 9 - Milton Keynes Half - Abbers sub-1.30
Mar 16 Barcelona - Barry B sub 3:15
Mar 16 - Stafford Half - CC2 sub 1.25
Mar 29 - Eco Trail de Paris 80Km - SJ - uninjured completion
Apr 6 - Brighton Mara - FINgers TBC - Sporty Badger sub-3.20
Apr 6 - Paris mara - Mennania - Sub 3
Apr 6 - Manchester mara - knight rider - Sub 3
Apr 6 - Lochaber Mara - Rich26 - sub 3:15
Apr 13 - VLM - PMJ - 2.4x, Ant - sub 3, Bike It - 3:14:59, Lorenzo sub 3:10, Minni - 3:12, Abbers, Poacher - TBA, AR - get past 16 miles CC2 2.59.59
May 11 - Fred Whitton Challenge - SJ - no crashes
May 31 - Kent Roadrunner - Gul Darr sub 3:15
May 31 - Stockholm - SJ - sub 3:15 with match retention
Jun 1 - Comrades - Poacher - Bike It sub 8:20
Jun 1 - Walled city marathon - Leslie H
Jun ? - Swim length of Ullswater - SJ - no drowning
July - Thunder Run - Minni
July 27 - Outlaw - SJ - 10:xx
October - Yorkshire marathon - Minni TBC
October 26 - Frankfurt - SJ - sub 3
Argh, someone please fix the formatting!
Midlands XC was horrendous. I really suck at quagmire running. And there was a giant thunderstorm, hail and a howling gale. And a stupid ditch. Wish I'd stayed at home!
moof - well I was still intending to run when I put my name on the fixtures list this morning at 11:14.
KR - so you ran 13.1 at sub3 pace in training ? thats probably about the max limit of HR in training and theres 10 weeks or more left yet. Start believing, thats all you need to work on now.
looks like Martin is in good nick too. AT least other folks are going well, even if I'm not, but I dont think I've ever been in good marathon running shape this far out anyway.
Well, that was a tough day at the office: a very, very plodtastic run at the Mids XC for me. Not seen the results but would guesstimate I was about 75th - or 25 places lower than I've managed in the past! I just didn't feel there was much zip in the tank, which I guess is unsurprising given that in the 3 months since Frankfurt I had just over one month easy/minimal running to recover, 3 weeks injured/ill and then 1 month of rebuilding. Hopefully after another month things will be very different!
Feb 2 - 10K Jersey - GM - sub 40
Feb 9 - Chichester 10k - TR - a nice chunk quicker than Stubbington
Feb 16 - Wrexham Half - Mennania - 79.xx
Feb 16 - Brighton Half - FINgers - TBC - Fitness Test
Mar 2 - Reading Half - FINge - TBC - Mid Long Run.- moof - sub 80.
Mar 9 - Surrey Half - Lorenzo - 1:25.xx, Sporty Badger sub-1.30
Mar 9 - Milton Keynes Half - Abbers sub-1.30
Mar 16 Barcelona - Barry B sub 3:15
Mar 29 - Eco Trail de Paris 80Km - SJ - uninjured completion
Apr 6 - Brighton Mara - FINgers TBC - Sporty Badger sub-3.20
Apr 6 - Paris mara - Mennania - Sub 3
Apr 6 - Manchester mara - knight rider - Sub 3
Apr 13 - VLM - PMJ - 2.4x, Ant - sub 3, Bike It - 3:14:59, Lorenzo sub 3:10, Minni - 3:12, Abbers, Poacher - TBA, AR - get past 16 miles
May 11 - Fred Whitton Challenge - SJ - no crashes
May 31 - Kent Roadrunner - Gul Darr sub 3:15
May 31 - Stockholm - SJ - sub 3:15 with match retention
Jun 1 - Comrades - Poacher - Bike It sub 8:20
Jun 1 - Walled city marathon - Leslie H
Jun ? - Swim length of Ullswater - SJ - no drowning
July - Thunder Run - Minni
July 27 - Outlaw - SJ - 10:xx
October - Yorkshire marathon - Minni TBC
October 26 - Frankfurt - SJ - sub 3
back to where it was at 11:14am this morning. Shift and return to insert a new line.
TR - You omitted CC2, now re-inserted CC2. Hope haven't messed it up.
Feb 2 - 10K Jersey - GM - sub 40
Feb 9 - Chichester 10k - TR - a nice chunk quicker than Stubbington
Feb 16 - Wrexham Half - Mennania - 79.xx
Feb 16 - Brighton Half - FINgers - TBC - Fitness Test
Mar 2 - Reading Half - FINge - TBC - Mid Long Run.- moof - sub 80.
Mar 9 - Surrey Half - Lorenzo - 1:25.xx, Sporty Badger sub-1.30
Mar 9 - Milton Keynes Half - Abbers sub-1.30
Mar 16 Barcelona - Barry B sub 3:15
Mar 29 - Eco Trail de Paris 80Km - SJ - uninjured completion
Apr 6 - Brighton Mara - FINgers TBC - Sporty Badger sub-3.20
Apr 6 - Paris mara - Mennania - Sub 3
Apr 6 - Manchester mara - knight rider - Sub 3
Apr 13 - VLM - PMJ - 2.4x, Ant - sub 3, Bike It - 3:14:59, Lorenzo sub 3:10, Minni - 3:12, Abbers, Poacher - TBA, AR - get past 16 miles, CC2 2.59.59
May 11 - Fred Whitton Challenge - SJ - no crashes
May 31 - Kent Roadrunner - Gul Darr sub 3:15
May 31 - Stockholm - SJ - sub 3:15 with match retention
Jun 1 - Comrades - Poacher - Bike It sub 8:20
Jun 1 - Walled city marathon - Leslie H
Jun ? - Swim length of Ullswater - SJ - no drowning
July - Thunder Run - Minni
July 27 - Outlaw - SJ - 10:xx
October - Yorkshire marathon - Minni TBC
October 26 - Frankfurt - SJ - sub 3