Morning all. Haven't started the thread for a while - I trust I find you well.
Today I shall be giving it some long intervals, to the total of about 10 miles. Not sure why, it just seems like the thing to do. Decided to rest today (sensibly, I think), so I'm raring to go.
Have fun.
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What something down at the club
why- i am on course with my scheduled sessions this week so can go with the flow.
What: 8M hilly circuit pm
Why: hills build strength
Last hard: Tue
Last rest: Fri
Hope it doesn't rain today!
what: 5miles with 3 miles faster in the middle
why: schedule says so
Might do this on the tready if the weather is wet.I got soaked yesterday!
catch you later
tiaxx
What:rest day body is achy after yesterday
Why:body dictates so
Good luck out there today Happy Running
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
Oops! Crosspost or thread? :-)
What: LT-10 run for 60 mins. Did 7.1 miles.
Why: Stage2 BT
Last hard: 2003
Last rest: 19 days ago.
MPW(Sun): 41miles
Enjoy your day.
what : squash
why : today is rest day on FLM schedule but want to get fitness up
last hard : weds
last rest : mon
aaaagghhh, the schedule is God....
Hope your all well
Well the most extraordinary thing happened whilst I was out for my easy run last night. I passed another runner going in the opposite direction to me, we both said "hi" as we passed and then he turned round and yelled my name. I went back to discover it was an old mate from secondary school days that I'd not seen for about 18 years!! Had a brief chin-wag, planning to get a pint together and catch-up on the last 2 decades!
Popsider, great result.
What: 8-9M steady, pcik it up a little at the end.
Why: All part of the step-back week prior to Sundays race.
Last hard run: Tuesday
Last rest day: Monday
I'm doing the Folksworth 15 on Sunday and want some advice. My long term goal right now is to peak for FLM in April. Bearing that in mind would people recommend that I do the race on Sunday as an 'eyeballs out' effort or use it as a marathon pace run?
cheers
mm
What: 9 miles steady
Why: Club run and run to and from club 1 1/2 each way)
Last hard run Tuesday
Last rest: Monday
The belly is slowly going!
What a nice way to meet up with long lost mates MM and you both obviously still have something in common, so conversation shouldn't be difficult!
If it were me I'd do the 15miles as a race, there's still a lot of training to do for FLM.
What:5 miles recovery run plus swimming
why:it's what I feel like doing
Last hard:Tues
Last rest:Friday
what: 4m easy
why: recovery
last hard: yesterday
last rest: sunday
Mrs FG bought me some surprise Nike Mayflys yesterday. Can't wait to try them in a race...
Probably Bourton on the water 10k at end of Feb - anyone know it?
What: schedule says 4 miles @ marathon pace, but I think I´ll do more. It´s -10 outside and the wind is dropping, so it could be a good run.
Why: Good question as I´m shattered today - not content with running yesterday, I went cross country skiing with friends last night, worked hard and was hardly able to stay awake afterwards! I´ve just done an hour of snow shovelling this mroning and feel like going back to bed.
Last hard: yesterday
Last rest: Saturday
We´re still cut off from the outside world, the pass to the east of us is under seven metres of snow!!!!
Not posted here since last week so:
Sat: 13 mile lsd
Sun: 7 mile recovery
Mon & Tues: rest due to bad cold
Wed: 6 miles slow
Track tonight for what passes as a speed session for me! Then a rest day tomorrow to psych myself up for this weekend's planned 15 miler (eek!).
Have a good day everyone!
Wow, Marmite Master, what a conincidence. It's even more of a startling one if you didn't go to school in Nottingham.
It reminds me of a couple of years ago when me and Mr B were climbing at Tremadoc, we got talking to two men ... turned out they lived in nottingham, not suprising as it's a big place ... but where in Nottingham? Same street as us and five doors down the road - spooky!
Locked out of house until 9pm last night so missed speed session with club and had fish and chips sat my mates house instead.
What: 3 icy miles done this morning, trying out a new circuit trainging sesison tonight.
Why: Don't feel I have been getting enough 'intense' workouts from my running since I started 15 months ago sowill try including 1hour of circuits per week.
Well did my hills last night and wasn't as bad as I was expecting so pleased with that.
what: club run, probably in the rain, hopefully about 5-6miles
why: feeling quite fresh today
last hard: tuesday
last rest:friday
have a good day everyone
What: 8K row @ 2:03 pace, 200+ drag
Why: Resting sore ankle/achilles
Last hard: 18 days
Last rest: 20 days
7 day cumulative: 'single figures'
I hope all this non-running is doing me good, I reckon one more day off of my feet and then I'll try a short run.
I've got to get back to running, I'm putting on 1 lb a day in weight.
Have a good day all.
Beautiful frosty morning here today so should be good for a run at lunchtime.
What: 6 miles easy
Why: Recover from last night
Last hard: last night!
Last rest: Monday
Tomorrow will be my last day in my current job before I move on to something new. The only good thing about this job has been my broadband access which allows me to keep an eye on the forum all day! I doubt the new job will give me quite as much time to post on here but I'll still try to get on most days )
Cold and a little slippy underfoot on towpath
What : 60mins with 20mins @LT-10
Why : Bt Stage 2
Last rest : 19 days
Last Hard : This am, getting out of warm bed.
MM - I'm not a born runner or racer but i found that occasionally running a race of 2 halves is strangely satisfying ie comfortable first half and wind it up later. You pass loads of people and get a real feeling of energy in the tank (time usually suffers of course). Can be a positive experience to take forward. I did Folksworth in the famous flooded race last year, ran at 20 secs/mile faster than planned mara pace and felt great, even posting fastest mile on last uphill stretch - didn't stop me from having crap FLM ie 1min/m worse than planned pace!
Well, after saying I enjoyed running in the rain yesterday I paid for it this morning. Canal bank was like running through a swamp.
What: am 5m easy, pm club night, 8x1 min.
Why: Short club session for the benefit of those doing Helsby, a bit frustrating for those of us who aren't
Last hard: Tuesday
Last rest: 6 days
Have a good one.
Tonight: track, maybe 5 x 800m, 200m recoveries hopefully
Why: time to reintroduce some speed
Last hard: Sunday's long
Last rest: Friday
This will be first time down the track since mid November - think it could be a bit of a shock to the system!
MM, personally I don't race anything over half marathon distance whilst in marathon prep. And on the 2:45 thread, somebody has just quoted Noakes as saying you shouldn't run more than 10 miles at marathon pace. That seems a bit short to me though.
It's still fairly early days in the FLM buildup though. How about doing the first 8 - 10 miles at easy pace, then speeding up to marathon pace for the rest?
I told porkies yesterday regarding my training. I fess up, I actually did SFA.
Strange co-incidence MM! ref 15 miler, if the race is not key for club, points in league etc then follow the advice about 20 an easy first half and wind it up for the second half. See how big a -ve split you can get, I managed 6mins odd on a 10 miler. Have FUN.
Given yesterdays laziness
what : 8.5mile 3 minute alternating pace run (10k race/slow).
Why : I quite like this session, esp when the hills arrive at the "wrong" point.
last hard : def sun, poss tues
last rest : wed
In the meantime:
What: 3 miles planned with NRG-B after work.
Why: Schedule says so ... and maybe some company and a change of route will be as good as a rest?
Last hard: Yesterday felt very hard - legs ached, hills seemed to have increased in length and gradient, wind was biting and icy ...
Last rest: Monday.
Have a good day peeps.
MM, enjoyed meeting you at Folksworth last year. Sadly we won't be there this year - Mr. was too late to get a place and we've now made other plans. However you decide to run it, hope its a good race for you, no icy rivers to ford.
What: 8 miles, run/walk 4/1. Confidence building after 2 difficult months. The nice thing about long (yes, long) runs is that the percent of the run which is comfortable is significantly greater than in the shorter ones. Felt fine from mile 1 to mile 7.
Perfect conditions, frosty, sund, wind at my back on the homeward leg.
hope all goes equaly well for the rest of you.
Llama man, hope things are better today.
OK so far - just trying to mentally prepare for when things get harder in February!
Treadmill - realised after I logged off last night that "I'm 47 today" meant "BIRTHDAY", I was being a bit slow. So happy birthday for yesterday, and hope it was a good one!
What: lightish circuits session am; fartlek at lunchtime
Why: overall bodywork; following 2-week pre-10k prep schedule
Last rest: yesterday
Last hard: Monday
Some terrific posts/training going on!
Hal does have ´stepback weeks´every three or four weeks, doesn´t he? I think you´ll have a stepback week next week? (I know I have!). See how you feel after an easier week before you make any decisions about changing programmes.
Marathon training is tough, and your body will protest at times, the secret is to know whether your aches and pains are the result of training well, over-training or injury. Make sure you stretch well after each run, have cold baths after long runs (sorry, but they do work), and get plenty of sleep (I was going to add 'and make sure you're eating enough' but having had a conversation on this thread about pasta volumes a few weeks back, I know you do!) Take care, LizzyB
What 45 mins fartlek
Why coach says to
Last rest yesterday
Last hard last Fri 1 hr hill reps
sun is out in Southend and its 15.4 c acording to my weather station i got for xmas with a wind of 2.9 mph form the east(will take my anorak off now)
Yes, I have a 'stepback' week next week. Perhaps I will leave it until after that before I decide what to do.
Determining whether aches and pains are 'normal' (i.e. the result of an increased training load) or whether they're caused by over-training or injury is really difficult. I suspect the former, but I don't help myself by constantly running too hard.
Up until last week I rarely bothered with stretching (I know, I know!) but I have been making an effort to do this over the past few days. The only thing I can't face is cold baths, so I've been having warm ones instead. I'm pretty sure I eat enough :-)
Good luck with your training - I take my hat off to you managing to stick with it in the conditions you have to train in! Makes me feel like a complete wimp!