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Did a 16 mile run in 2 hours 20 minutes yesterday. really enjoyed it and could have gone further if I had to but decided to take it easy,plenty of time left for those 20 milers.
How are you guys doing today?
Oh,also watched the tour de France yesterday. Amazing stage win for Rasmussen.
knees are improving did over 22 miles today in 3hrs
my first proper long run since Comrades
have a marathon in 13 days
Getting back into running again now, will have a 80K + week this week. I was in Turkey working last week and the chance to run in cool green surroundings got my legs moving once again. Last night ran here in Dubai it was 43C as per my car thermometer ( this was at 1900!) and I guess around 70% humidity, promptly ran 6K in 30 mins which I thought was pretty good given the conditions!
Still certain that 2006 is out as have the following schedule in mind.
Jan Dubai Marathon
Feb Bahrain Marathin
March Abu Dhabi Marathon
April Two Oceans or London
June Dartmoor discovery (UK) ultra
August Two briges (UK) Ultra
October Himalaya 100
November Athens Marathon
Fit in a few 1/2 M's, 10K's etc around that and thats next year gone!
This year I have 2 marathons planned for October and then its trail running season here as we run various lunatic races up and down the very rocky mountains in the North of the country.
Hope your all running well
DD
You have an impressive (more like intimidating) program for next year. I see you have listed the Two Oceans as a possibility. Have you ever done that race?
Have run Abu Dhabi marathon in March, that was around 35C. Two oceans is a definate possibility! Yeah I ran 2Oceans in 2004, more scenic then Comrades and doesn't require so much training, if you can run a marathon then you can run 2 Oceans.
Hope that your training is going well.
Training is going very well. I will be running a 20 mile race in November. Very hilly but quite a large field,around 3000 runners.
My schedule looks a bit like this at present:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 5M
Wednesday - 6M
Thursday - 5M
Friday - Rest
Saturday - 6M
Sunday - 16-20M
The plan is to build my Wednesday and Saturday run up to 10M.Every second week I cut my long run to 13M. I will keep to this schedule until the end of the year. January I will start training for Comrades and run my first marathon in February. Then a 31M race in March and another in April.
My schedule prior to Comrades will look something like this:
Monday - Rest
Tuesday - 5M
Wednesday - 8M
Thursday - 5M
Friday - Rest
Saturday - 2-3 hour run
Sunday - 3-4 hour run
This is if all goes according to plan. Must admit after doing those 16 milers I find the idea of running another 40 very daunting indeed.
Getting tired of winter to be honest. Running in the dark, wearing layers of clothing every morning is no fun at all. I really fear injury or ilness and view those as my greatest obstacles.
why long runs on saturday and sunday ?
I have had a look at the Hal Higdon ultra schedule and the thinking is that back to back long runs will teach you the ability to run on tired legs. Bruce Fordyce's schedule also incorporate back to back long runs.
I am not too keen on this to be honest as I would much rather do a run of 6-10 miles only, on the Saturday. I am worried that these back to back runs may lead to injury.
Your opinion on this matter will be appreciated,Gobi. I need all the advice I can get.
No running for me today. Sore throat and slight fever. I trained through illness in May and missed three weeks of training due to pneumonia. I am not going to take any chances,one or two days off wont hurt.
did a lot of runs around 10-20 miles
6 Day running weeks from tomorrow, only rest day being on a Monday.
How are you guys doing?
I'm racing sunday, knee is not bad have done another 30 mile+ week and almost looking forward to Sunday. After this race I will not run beyond 20 miles in one go until January :¬)
What distance are you racing on Sunday,Gobi? hope you have a good one!
mileage is a little low since comrades but quality of training has been very good so I should fly if all goes to plan 3:10-3:20
3:17.09 on a very wet afternoon. Easy course mildly undulating(comrades gives you a whole new view of what hilly is :¬))
Went well for 20 last 6 was hard as a lack of speed over distance and the weather took its toll
How did the knee hold up?
quite hopeful to be honest and chuffed with the time all things considered
See yah soon :-)
Hey Grant, how is it going?
Yes I am defo considering it, to be perfectly honest, cost will be a major consideration, so I need to know well in advance what the overall expense will be.
Any advice on this would be gratefully received. :-)
Gobi.....Yateley it is !!!
lets get together at Yateley and chat about COmrades
Gobi ol pal, see it went well on the weekend! your a machine!! :-)
Sounds like a good idea good to me. :-)
Thanks Grant,I may have to make it a holiday and bring oh so may need your on site advice later.
In the mean time I must concentrate on doing my first mara on 4th Sept and a further 3 that I have booked before the end of the year.
4 marathons before the end of the year? your eager!! hahahah, i only have 1, rest is much shorter, ill only do lots of the long stuff in the new year!