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What: nothing.
Why: Feel tired and HR still much higher than usual. Quality rather than quantity is my new motto; hopefully will be able to do 10 miler tomorrow in preparation for 1/2m next weekend.
Last hard: Tues.
Last rest: yesterday.
Have a good weekend all.
Why: Feel tired and HR still much higher than usual. Quality rather than quantity is my new motto; hopefully will be able to do 10 miler tomorrow in preparation for 1/2m next weekend.
Last hard: Tues.
Last rest: yesterday.
Have a good weekend all.
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Why: Caldy 2nd XI (3rd place in League) v Maghull 2nd XI (just ahead in 2nd place) with only 2 teams to be promoted at the end of the season.
Last hard day: Wed
Last rest day: Mon
Why: Saturday is weekly light speed session
Last hard day: Thursday tempo run
Last rest day: Monday last week
18 miles tomorrow and I'll have run an 82 mile week - my longest ever. is this wise? I don't know - I have to say I'm feelng much better on this much higher mileage than I did on my old 50 mile weeks. how long will it last though?
Why: 10 mile race tomorrow in preparation for Robin Hood half in two weeks' time.
Last hard day: yesterday
Last rest day: Monday
Why: To try out a new pair of shoes
Last hard day: Thursday
Last rest day: yesterday
16 miles tomorrow, just to carry on getting ready for the Dublin marathon at the end of October, my first one. Anyone else run there?
why - had terrible week - lots of travelling and only done 2 by 3 miles this week - so I'm treating this as a step back rest week - instead of 20 will try for 15 or 16.
last rest - Friday
last hard - last sunday
Why: Great South Run next weekend so I thought I would get it done a day early as I've no speadwork to do this weekend. Easing down I seam to have loads of spare time on my hands. It was nice to get out in the countryside as the sun was sinning & a nice cool breeze blowing.
Last hard: Thurs
Last rest: Fri
Achilles, my running really improved when I upped the mileage but you do need a rest at some point. I plan to do a spring marathon next year I will be doing 100+ weeks. In the hope I can reach my marathon potential. I do enjoy training hard, if I didn't I would not do it. I hope all your hard work pay's off.
Why: complete rest day yesterday, so wanted to get some running in, training for 10k
last hard day: Thursday
last rest day: yesterday
Went on XC run with some lads from the club on Thursday, aggravated my knee a lil', but having said that, there appears to be no long term repercussions. Also, improved my pace from the last XC run by quite a bit, and it felt just as easy! My easy running pace is getting faster as well (i.e. I'm finding myself casually batting off sub 7 minute miles on my shorter runs, without actually having to try too hard). Sometimes its amazing what a REDUCED volume can actually do for your training.
Drew is right Achilles. Miles for miles sake can be a bad idea. I got caught in this trap when training for my marathon (oh, one more run and I can get my first 70 mile week in, etc), but I didnt really see any drastic improvements, certainly not the ones that seem to be materialising at the mo, on the afforementin reduced mileage. Having said that, I still believe that building an endurance base is CRITICAL for any distance race. Just that sometime 2-3 hour runs would be better replaced by a 1 to 1.5 hour run @ race pace. Just a thought...
Today: 6.6 mile run, timed. Swim to follow if domestic commitments permit.
Why: Just back from hols. Climbed Snowdon TWICE (it's not a long story, but it's not interesting enough to be worth telling) with Kevin the Teenager - we didn't rush, but we took about 2hrs 15min for each ascent, which is a fair bit quicker than the guidebooks say, and fairly pelted past the other walkers. Walked a lot, swam a bit, but didn't run. Trying to catch up on washing etc. now. Anyone who says housework can be aerobic exercise is either a liar or a disciple of my local community dietitian.
Last hard day: Ummmm.....
Last rest day: Yesterday.
Cheers, V-rap. Glad to be back!
Why : Energy rush - body needs extra work.
Why: I wanted to get an over distance in before Vyrnwy in two weeks and I haven't done many long runs over the hols.
Last rest day: yesterday, just an hour walking the dog and I was knackered.
That reminds me - I'm hungry again!
Why: tomorrow is the Flora Light Challenge, and I needed to relax my shoulders prior to being pitted against ladies armed with prams as battering rams!
Interesting field for the Elite part of the race, including Sonia o'Sullivan. No Paula, alas.
DC
Why: half marathon race tomorrow
Days since rest: yesterday
Days since hard: two
Not really feeling that well rested but don't feel like dropping too much mileage this week. Two more weeks high mileage (hopefully) then perhaps gradual taper to marathon. Really want a PB tomorrow though and ideally sub 1:33 - lets see how it goes, will report on Monday.
I did my timed "quarter-marathon" circuit in 67 minutes - five and a bit minutes faster than my previous "new" PB - despite having to stop to retie a shoelace and being unlucky with the traffic lights at several busy junctions. More importantly from a psychological point of view, I did it all, including the undulations, without walking.
Now sent Mr V-rap and Kevin the Teenager out with orders not to return until they have walked 3 miles, and not to hang around looking in shop windows because I need them back in time to let me get round Tesco before it closes.
Why: Aiming for my firsat sub-30
Last session :Tuesday
Didn't make it :-( Finished in 31. It is a PB for me though so I should be pleased. Looking forward to next Sundays 5 miler now...
I know that in principle you're all right to urge restraint, as I would have done up till now, but the odd fact of the matter is I feel far better on this mileage, for the time being, that I've felt for a long time at lower weekly distances. And I don't really know why this is.
By rights I should definitely be feeling the dreaded symptoms of over-training, but I actually can't wait to get out there and run harder and longer - yup, this way madness lies, for sure. I actually feel stronger and quicker than I have for a long time, so I basically just going to milk it for as long as I can and hope to catch the signs of over-training in time - that's the theory anyway!
Drew - I ran FLM 2002 in 2:55 which was a PB (previously 3:01 at Dublin last year) and am aiming to do Abingdon at the end of October in 2:50 which, unless I get seriously injured or ill, looks like it's on the cards from my interval times - with a view to running sub-2:45 at FLM 2003???!!! Hey, you know, you gotta dream, else what's it all about? s.
P.S. Darn good time by the way!, lets hope you can get that championship qualifying time (crossed-fingers) come 2003. Its one of my dreams too!
Why: Beacause I hadn't been (or run) since Monday
Last Hard day: Monday
Last Rest: All week