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I’m thinking 5 runs and 28M this week.
I managed my 2 and 10 to finish off my 31 mile week.
Aim for similar next week.
Pete good to hear you are coming out the other side of whatever you have had - there are a lot of the UK waiting for that antibody test and when it comes out we’ll all be hoping we’ve had it already!
Cheers
Rounded out the week with 13, 8 of which were at a guesstimated marathon pace. Was harder than I would have liked, but it was pretty breezy and hilly... Need to try and lock into the effort a bit more consistently. Just over 40 for the week.
Rich what is your guesstimated marathon pace then and how have you guesstimated it?
Presumably you are doing the 18 weeks up to 55 plan - in my version of the book that's a 36 mile week?
I did an extra 4m recovery run as I've been running 5 days a week for a while now. I'll be sticking to the plan from this week.
What's your long-term aim Skinny, do you have your eye on any (post Covid) races?
And is that a target for a marathon - sub 3:30? Good luck with the plan, it broke me twice between 14 and 16 weeks but you're a lot younger than me and loads of people use it.
I've learnt not to think too long term but, as I said a few pages ago, I think it would be fun to be able to start the plan I did on page 1 of the thread from start of July which was based on 30 to 40 miles for 14 weeks with one session a week building to a target half (which I doubt will actually happen this year). Nevertheless the training sessions themselves would be like 52 year old me v 44 year old me so I can imagine gleaning some fun from that.
To do that I need to be running 30 mile weeks without any sessions fairly comfortably by end of June - last 2 weeks have been that level but we'll see how it goes.
It would be even more fun if mace did the plan with me but he ignored me a few pages ago either because he doesn't want to or he missed the suggestion or he's worried (a bit like me) that his running won't even survive to the start of the plan on first full week in July.
You've maybe eaten too many strawberries Lit. 6 punnets for £10 does sound good value!
I think I had 6 weeks over 30 miles before starting the plan.
It's the most sensible build up of mileage I've ever managed. But I've been able to introduce a session a week pretty easily... So far!
Looking forward to seeing how the two versions of Skinny compare.
About 35 miles for me last week. So Rich wins. I did hill sprints on the golf course the other day as my 400m loop was chockablock.
(I am losing track of which day is which; all days are now 'the other day')
Were you over or under par Muddy? I used to run round a golf course as part of a long run just to break it up. I'd start at the first tee and run tee to green for the whole 18, about 4 miles by time you include distance from green to next tee on each hole.
Great to see the page busy with chat, hopefully over the coming months this will push us on too
good to see you back out running Muddy.
MP sessions Rich, fingers crossed for your marathon
How's DT?
7mls earlier this morning and hoping for some more runs this week, all easy pace.
All easy running has served me well up til now. Do you have a target race or has it been cancelled/postponed?
Still building slowly, running every other day. Can't remember what day I last posted. Just back from 5 x 5 mins easy of 1 min. Bit stiff now in lower back, but then 10 days ago I felt the same off 3 x 4 mins.
Definitely feeling fitter and my hr stats are improving. It's amazing of such nominal exercise that you can actually get fitter. I've also now started introducing other training. So last night I did a turbo session that my coaching lot put on. Going to try and do that at least twice a week now I've set the thing up. I can work to intensity that I am some way off doing with running. I also did a strength and conditioning session yesterday and bums and tums today from the coaching team.
Also had an e-mail from the back consultant over weekend saying that he had now submitted my mri referral as he will be able to see me in person in coming week as premier league were about to vote to return to training and on that basis he must be authorised to treat players so equally he can treat me.
Good to see everyone else progressing with some ambition.
I had my covid result back today as negative. I kind of wanted a positive as the symptoms that tick a few boxes are more than acceptable. However, it means I am just suffering with worse than normal hayfever.
So, what’s the plan ?
2012 would be the plan I am suggesting doing. Hopefully without the scheduled Sick and Injured weeks.
Pace zones also slotted in to a third post which was Lit will be pleased to note was her idea for which I gave her full credit.
Cheers
PS I just posted 2013 in case anyone wanted to see it and saved me going looking again.
We get organic meat (about once a month) and veg (weekly) delivered to our house (very middle class I know) - one thing it has done has improved the quality of our meals because you can't have many crap meals or the vegetables don't get eaten.
How was your energy?
I'm at 4,1.5.
The 1.5s are supposed to be done at recovery pace but I was late this morning so trashed in at about 7:20m/miling in the rain. No run now till my 8 miler home tomorrow night in hopefully baking hot conditions.
Energy much better than at the weekend, thanks! Also found it easier to get out of bed. Still not quite boinging out of bed at 6:30am raring to go, though, I have to say.
I do it in 5 mile chunks over 8 weeks so for example - last 2 weeks 30,31, this week 32, next week cut back 18, then 32,33,34 then back to 18.
Then the next 8 weeks would be 35 to 39 following same pattern with the cut back being maybe 20.
But if I do the Schedule from start of thread then I won't be doing that.
No obligation to give it a go and also no limit on how easy you choose your pace zones either - I have no idea at the moment so will probably start out trying the exact same zones. Still got to get to the start though which is 5 or 6 weeks away.
Cheers
EDIT: I've been learning a 'thing' each week for last few weeks not specifically related to this quiz just quizzes generally - so three weeks ago it was US States and Capitals, two weeks ago it was the periodic table but I got bored with that and failed, last week it was US Presidents and this week it was going to be UK Prime Ministers but going back lots of them were called Earl and Lord and Marquess and were PM more than once and I'm not sure I can be arsed - might go back and retry the Periodic Table.