Howdy, Stranger!
Categories
Options
Sub 2:45 FLM 2006
The materials in this website are in no way intended to replace the professional medical care, advice, diagnosis or treatment of a doctor, qualified personal trainer, therapist, dietitian or nutritionist Runners's World, Part of the Hearst UK well-being network © Copyright 2017
Comments
If I'm within 5mins of you at the finish, that gonna be cause for celebration. By the time you give me a big cheer, you'll be showered and changed! What are your racing plans over the next couple of months.
Speaking of Bishops Stortford I won it in 2003 (after a 10 mile warm up - great marathon session) so maybe I should join the party. (Pencils 20th of November into the diary)
Tom- I know, I won't tease you anymore! you lot seemed to be having a lot of fun though!
Hope to see both of you at Stortford 10 then!
Racing plans are :- this weekend SEAA relays, Saffron Walden 10k then maybe a fun run of 4 miles in the afternoon. after that I'm not sure, I've just been given my XC fixture list so I'll try and work out my training/racing till christmas over this weekend.
Anyway Bryn, I blame you. You're the one who told me to set myself a target - now your all queuing up to p*ss on my bonfire:-))
MikeB- still can't quite believe you're in the c team for AFD, you almost had our probably fastest runner over 3k so what it'll be like over 6k :S.
... perhaps I should look out a more mature forum ;-)
Despite this I am doing the Cardiff Marathon in 2 weeks- Will be very happy with sub 3- not a foregone conclusion by any means.
Good to hear from you Ny and Tom- Good luck with the Comrades Ny (rather you than me!) and with your recovery Tom.
Had a cheeky look at the results for the Berlin Marathon- Dibs ran 2:46:49- well done to her.
I'd like to get more even in my marathons - this year's time was made up of 1:19 & 1:24 halves (near enough) which is more of a positive split than I'd like. Mind you, there were plenty of people suffering more than I was in the last 10k, and I was well inside my 2:45 target so I could afford to take it steady and not panic when it got really tough. Taking it just a little slower in the first half might have got me a bit closer to 2:40 by the end, but who knows?
Having been posting for a while - 6 weeks of pretty much no running due to ITBS, it's absolutely doing my head in! Can't run over about 1.5 miles before the knee starts to hurt, been stretching it lots but it's not seeming to help. The one good thing is that I've been doing lots of cycling and that's improving fast.
I'm out on holiday in Club la Santa at the moment, getting plenty of swimming and cycling in (despite the excessive windyness!) and improving my tan significantly - lots of fun.
Hopefully will be back running soon, but not really seeing how that's going to happen any time soon. 2:45 isn't looking too close right now...
All the best for a speedy recovery
Tom
It's actually a bit scary for me looking at your race times for shorter distances. I'm confident about getting my 5k down to sub 17 within a few months, but a sub 57 10 miler seems a million miles away right now.
I'm aiming to put in 80+ mile weeks over the winter, racing cross country and putting in a tough VO2max track session every week. Then more speed, plus 5 x 25mile runs before FLM. Lots easier to type than do!
Sorry to hear about the ITBS Venom - hopefully the swimming & cycling will mean that you don't lose too much running pace.
Berlin went really well, pleased with pacing, and only lost 1 min in second half, which i know is my strong point - i feel i have a lot left in the tank, basically was going to pull out of berlin 4 weeks ago, had been suffering with hip problem and just couldnt train properly -lots of x training and physio. Was really down in the dumps, then got a virus and ended up in hospital for weekend then no training for 1 week and drugs for 2!! Pretty sh*t! Then turned a corner baout 4 weeks ago, put some quality in and hoped that I could use some of my FLM fitness to get me through. Originally wanted 2.42 before all the injury, so was pleased to get a p.b after all the above.
Taking 2 weeks easy, then 8 week prep for Singapore marathon (got G.B selection!!). Three marathons this year, not ideal, but couldnt say no could I !!!
Rest well over xmas, then FLM build up - gonna have a stab at 2.38 ish, need to pull my finger out of my arse and get a good half and 10k time, as they are pretty appauling. Dibsx
JEJ - When I saw your planned 5x25milers I was thinking WOW - what is he on? But thinking about it - that's a 3 hour run at 7:12m/m pace or so which is 45 seconds or so slower than 2:45 marathon pace so I guess it equates to a good-to-fast steady (on a windless flat route)? fwiw my sub-17 was done mostly off steady mileage with just one deliberate speed-work session and also a couple of fell runs which involved high speed descents and therefore very high leg turnover speed.
Dibs - reassuring that the x-training kept a lot of your fitness. What did it involve?
After Cardiff mara a week Sunday I will start planning my FLM training.
I think X training has really helped my running in the last 6-12 months, allowing me to train aerobaically all week without destroying my legs. Also means a higher percentage of my running can be quality sessions rather than just base mileage.
Hoping to do a lot of shorter races during the winter, including some fell races, to get some speed in my legs and maybe do a couple of half maras after Xmas.
I'll probably go over marathon distance once, or maybe twice, towards the end of the winter.
MtB, I've gotta plan for FLM. Working different HR zones from 160-165 up to 180-183. Small number of build up races - 3 main ones and maybe a couple of low key fun ones.
First session today, so onwards and upwards.
Oh yes and bin the hills, as they only upset your training partners :-))
I did feel very very fit when training at a variety of HRs in this range in the winter of 2003/4.
Anyway hopefully wont need to do too much of that soon!
Thinking of entering Stroud half in 3 weeks, anyone done it? Looks a very fast course and local, or it will be the cumbrian half. Feel I should be in shape for a p.b, all being well. Dibsx
Stroud has one drag, up the main A38 between about miles 8 and 9. This is where I pressed the self distruct button in 2003 (still ran 1:40 quicker than I managed at Bristol today though!)
Normally a good field, well organised etc so worth a go.