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Morning
What: 5.5 am easy, 1 hour steady pm
Why: recovery day
Last hard: Sunday
Last rest: Wednesday
Back to work
What: 5.5 am easy, 1 hour steady pm
Why: recovery day
Last hard: Sunday
Last rest: Wednesday
Back to work
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What: 9M easy pm
Why: rec day
Last hard: Sat
Last rest: 17 days
Looks cold out!
What: 4m done, very tentatively to test hip. Seems to be ok, slight stiffness going downhill.
Why: first run since I had sharp pain and bruising to left hip last Wednesday.
hope everybody is recovering well after their exploits over the weekend.
What: 8m at midday and 9m tonight
Why: Make up for yesterdays rest
Last rest: See above
Last hard: Last Tuesday
Have a goodly day everyone.
Thank you to Barbara,Hilly,Monique and all others for best wishes
I am shocked Barbara you kept your gloves on:-)!! but glad to see you back out there running.
Monique-I would gladly swap clubs and relocate as you are so friendly all of the top lady athletes at my club are not friendly and you makes you feel not good enough!!! the guys are so different they could not be more supportive and friendly!!!!
Rest day -still not right but at least heart rate is getting back to normal and asthma feels a bit better and I slept for most of yesterday!!!
Have a great day out there and Happy running
Miles makes smiles.
Progression
What: Recovery day - no running
Why: Rest
Last hard: Yesterday
We've had a sprinkling of snow in the night.
And it is cold
WOW, some fantastic performances this weekend, CONGRATS to all concerned.
What: nowt
Why: step-back week
Last hard run: final 20 mins yesterday were a bit tough
Last rest day: Friday
WP-glad you're feeling better. Sod the fast ladies of your club-I bet they don't have your grit!:o)
Barbara-glad your hip felt ok on your run and confession time I wore gloves for full 20 miles yesterday and 3/4 length tights!
Back to work for me today too:o((
what:3 miles recovery run
why:don't want to overdo things and I did 51 miles last week, biggest mileage for a while. Also haven't got time for much else and am having to miss circuits tonight:o(
Have a good day and see you later!
What : 6 miles recovery run, done.
Why : Easing into last big week before Reading
Last hard : Sunday
Last rest : saturday
Getting good at this early morning lark - out on road at 5:50 today!
See ya ...
Wow, some fab racing over the weekend - truly amazing grit and determiniation.
Well, didn´t run yesterday as I had essay crisis , and therefore failed to do a 50mile week ... just! I must try harder this week! I did manage a couple of hours of snowboarding though, but conditions were dreadful - high winds, ice and rocks. Good to be out, though! While we were taking a lunchbreak the slopes closed because of the weather - not surprising, as there were snowboards and roofracks flying through the air in the carpark. very exciting!
What: 8 miles easy
Why: Mileage building, recovery and stuff
Last hard: Saturday
Last rest: Sort of yesterday
Thanks for all your comments regarding my epic Saturday run. Have to ´fess up, I failed to look at the thermometer outside our kitchen window before I went for my run .. assumed it was around freezing and so really wasn´t dressed for three hours running at -7 (wind chill sould have made it around -15, I think). All I had on top was a thin thermal, windproof jacket, thinny gloves, Buff and fleece headband. The only remotely sensible thing I was wearing was thermal, windproof, waterproof Newline running tights.
Hmm, and I give other people grief for wearing inappropriate clothing in mountain environments ...
What: 4miles hard slog up lots of hills
Why: quality short run
Last hard: Sat
Last rest: Sun
Have a nice day everyone
Well - I completed the first week of a Proper Grown-up Training Plan!!!
What: 30 minutes steady
Why: I have no idea, but following the plan last week lost me two pounds so I'm not asking questions.
Last hard: yesterday's 60 mins coz it was mostly woods and fields and hills
Last rest: Saturday
Week two - bring it on!
Still on beginners plan!!! (sob!!!)
What: Rest day
Why: Body finally let me do two miles non stop yesterday, only taken two months
Last Hard: Well, yesterday, hardest since Christmas.
Last rest: Saturday
LizzyB, I think I wore more than that yesterday and I don't live in Iceland!
What: Nothing - rest day.
Why: For the first time, after yesterday's long run (17 miles) I had my doubts about whether I'll get round the full 26.2. It was probably my worst run ever, and I'm not totally sure why. I probably didn't leave enough time between breakfast and my run (about an hour and a quarter), and consequently battled with a severe stitch for almost the entire run. Every time I got it under control, it took just a couple of sips of water to set it off again. By the end of the run my stomach felt oddly full and I felt a bit sick, although all I had was a few jelly babies en route to give me some much-needed energy in the latter stages. I may have been a little dehydrated as I was busy on Saturday and was conscious of not drinking much during the day, although I did try to redress this during the evening - too late? I'm almost scared to think about next week's 18-miler, and am worried that I'll have built a psychological barrier by then. I could barely move by the time I finished the run (also probably started out too hard) and felt like death for most of the day afterwards. Admittedly weather conditions didn't help - howling, icy wind in my face most of the time, horizontal sleety rain ... but feel a bit demoralised today.
Last hard: Need I say?
Last rest: Saturday.
Hope others who are marathon training had a more successful time of it yesterday.
First day back at work since the arrival of baby DD, feel absolutely exhausted! Good practice for the feeling at the end of Two Oceans in April?
What: 8 miles with training partners this evening
Why: Its what we do on a Monday
Last Hard: Friday
Last Rest: Tuesday
Congrats to all whom had such good performances over the weekend. This thread is so often the inspiration to carry on... & on.... & on!
What: am: 1600m swim, weights programme, pm: 3 miles recovery run
Why: Tri prepping and racing on friday!
Last Hard: Thursday
Last Long: Fridays 23 miles
Last Rest: Yesterday
Have a good day
Last Hard: Friday
Last Long: Saturdays 23 miler
Getting me days mixed up now!!!
Well done racers at weekend. National xc sounded fun (how can people moan about a hilly xc?)
What: Hard 60/70mins with club.
Why: Legs now recovered and ready to do some hard marathon training.
5.5m recovery run done.
Last week 61.2m (sun-sat)
Last rest 9 days
Minks, keep your head up and I am sure you will get over this particularly bad session.
What: 7.65 miles <70% WHR
Why: Aid recovery from yesterday's long run - only 12 miles but long enough for me
Last hard: Friday
Last Rest: Thursday
Hope everyone has a good day!!
Don't extrapolate from one bad run - congratulate yourself for covering the miles in difficult conditions and start planning the next one !
3 mile recovery run for me today after yesterday's windblown efforts.
Yet another cold day out there - hope the milder air arrives soon.
Today: 6 or 7 miles easy
Why: recovery day
Last hard: tempo intervals yesterday
Last rest: Saturday
Minks, you'll be fine. I remember when I first did 17 miles, I hit the wall really badly and got home on sheer will power. Going through this stuff in training means it shouldn't happen on the big day!
still cold out, but I'll take cold and clear over warm and wet any time
What: am 5m easy, pm 5m steady
Why: all I have time for, plus am supposed to be on an easyish week
Last hard: yesterday
Last rest: 2 days
Have a good one.
Great to see so many sterling training efforts.
Rest today, recovering from yesterday's 22 miler which was hard.
Have a good one
What: rest, rest, rest!!
Why: absolutely cream-crackered after marathon training camp at the weekend. Did 2 sessions on saturday (easy 2m and threshold session) and a long(ish) run yesterday (wimped out after 50mins). It was good, although I was one of the slowest there. But then there were some people on the camp with times like 2:50 for a marathon!! Learnt a lot though and overall it was a good experience.
Last rest: <sob, I can't remember>...actually it was Friday
Last hard: yesterday
First time I have done a morning run on a week day and i really enjoyed it.
What: 4 Miles Steady
Why: Only had time for 4 miles before work.
Last rest: Saturday
Last Hard: Yesterday
Good luck everyone.
LL
Back after a week away and a quick glance at the forum shows that racing & training remain as prominent as ever. some partiuclarly nutty/gritty/curious performances noted over the w/e: the National X/C entrants, popsiders 20m prep for a HM, another good run form NE, Wardi's pb, Gareth's continued silent investigation of Valencia, Monique: 30miles, a X/C and being bounced for exotic dancing. Minks and WP, for perseverance, LizzyB for lunacy......well done all.
So after a week skiing and a Saturday spent driving across France I leapt out of bed on Sunday morning with HM pb firmly in my sights. Mcmillan calculator said 1:32 odd at 7:03/mile based on 10k 2 weeks ago. Thought I'd aim for 1:35 after my break. A stiff x/wind beckoned at skidrow-on-sea as we line dup in morning sunshine. Off we go, only 13 secs to cross the line and a lot of runners too far forward. Feel a bit rusty at first and put this down to lack of running as we go through mile 1 in 7:12. Push on a bit for mile 2 but suddenly everything starts to feel heavy - mile 3 reached in 21:20 but I know this won't be my day. Make the first 180 turn and get hit by the wind. turn to converstaion for the next 3 miles to take mind off things as I'm running stride for stride with a lady called Dee and we're both targetting 1:35. At about 5 1/2 I'm slowing and say goodbye, passing 6 miles in 42:50. spend most of mile 7 wondering whether to jack it all in and get in the car which is parked by the 7 mile marker (50mins). But don't, start the gentle hill up for mile 8 and 9, but I'm slowing, rapidly. Feel like the leaden legged lobster in chains as I struggle through to mile 10 in 73:20. Now I'm more than 30 secs off target pace, and it gets worse. Everyone's passing me now as mile 12 sinks to an 8:06/mile downhill!. A strange zombie trundles over the last 1.1miles to finish in 1:37:20 ish. I can hardly walk, and have never ached so much after a race.
What can I say? suppose yippee for getting a pb by 3:30. But frankly I was so poor on the day I feel I missed out by 5mins or so, I know I should be able to do so much better. What went wrong? Can I really put it ALL down to an inappropriate preparation over the past week, or am I just not cut out for HM's? back to the training drawing board.
Sorry for the whinge
Oh, congrats to Dee, who I chanced on whilst packing up by the car. She got a pb in 1:34 odd and was ecstatic.
Dunno.
Long run Saturday, rest yesterday, club tomorrow, so it ought to be something not too strenuous today, but more strenuous than sitting in front of the telly. Hmmmm....
I'll get back to you.
Have fun.