Later today - 90 - 120 mins mixture of canal and hills around Bath Why - Connemara Marathon of course! Last hard - Tue Last rest - yesterday at office party/dance Next - 5/6m easy tomorrow
Speedie- your 18 miles lap 2 was done at my 10k pace. Wish I could keep it up for 10 miles never mind 18!! You obviosly live up to your name. Well done for getting your run in today and enjoy your well earned sleep!
Well done everyone else who is still managing to fit in the runs.
What: Swim, 50 x 25m Why: running rest day Last hard: yesterday Last rest: Thursday
What: 21.5 mile leisurely run over as many hills as I could find. Now feel well and truly knackered. Why: 3 hour run as part of schedule Last hard: Wednesday Last rest: yesterday (enforced due to other commitments)
KK, re your recovery pace. What we have to bear in mind is that the Horwill recovery pace is based on running on a track. 6:45 pace on a track is an easy pace but on the road and hills it's not! I'm quite happy with a 7:15 pace on the circuits I use. Although I haven't checked it I think that the HR for the 6:45 pace on the track would be similar to 7:15 pace on most undulating routes.
Speedwork, cos too wussy to go outside !0 mins warmup Then 200m at 11.5 kph(note speed increase) with 200m 5.5.kph recovery Times 10!!!!!!!1 Then cooldown Now when i get used to this appallingly fast speed, do i lenghthen the time, or go faster?
Wimped out I admit. Had been a hard day's shopping; then came home, managed to blow a fuse in the box which took out the downstairs lighting; shot off to B&Q for some fuse wire (5A), came back, rewired fuse; then time to go en famille to local outdoor carol service. Managed 15 mins of that in icy rain & wind & the hypothermic experience convinced me to bring forward Monday's rest day to tonight. Partcularly as the forecast for Monday is for it to be milder. That's my excuse anyway.
What: One and a half miles. Why: It's the standard Forces running measurement - to be completed in less than 10 mins 30 secs - and I wanted to make sure that despite my injury setting back my training I was still 'fit enough'. I was, fortunately - I completed the run in about 9 minutes. Not as fast as I've done it before, but plenty fast enough for the assessments.
Last hard: Today, cos I was running fast on some horrible mud. Last rest: Yesterday.
Oh, and for what it's worth, my interpretation of a 'recovery' run is just that - it's for recovery. If I go any faster than seven to eight minute miles (depending on training intensity and emphasis), I've gone too fast. The point of the run is to allow the body to consolidate muscular or aerobic gains made in your hard training, while at the same time keeping those legs moving, albeit to a lower level of activity, so that the body maintains its state of being used to regular running. just my humble opinion
benz - wow, speed merchant, you're really getting into this, aren't you?
you could try any number of things now: a) increase the number of reps; b) reduce the length of the recoveries; c) try for 400m reps instead but fewer of them (or even try alternating 200m and 400m efforts to start with). probably best not to increase the speed of the efforts at this stage if you're feeling they're prettyy fast already.
great stuff, keep it up and in a month or so you'll be amazed at yourself.
Thanks achilles I think ill try the alternating 200 and 400 But i need my recoveries, heart rate takes a while to drop to 130 If Im doing a marathon, should my speed sessions be longer?
Psi: If you look at the link on my post on yesterdays training thread, you'd see where the Horwill recovery pace calculation comes from. As it stands I'm inclined to agree with you, but I'm gonna give the whole Horwill thing a try, hook, line & sinker, so to speak. Drew: Good point on Roads vs. track, I'll bear that in mind, I also think Frank mentions what recovery HR is on his site, so I might work from that instead...
Must agree with Psi so far as recovery runs are concerned - you shouldn't be having to make any effort to keep to a particular pace. Otherwise - by definition - it isn't a "recovery" run. I hate recovery runs btw.
I think by mass consensus, everyone agrees on what most people say constituates a 'recovery-run'; I also happen to agree with them. But, if you read the info on the link I provided, you'll see I was asking a Q about what Frank calls a 'recovery run', as he provides a calculation for target pace. P.S. I also hate recovery runs, Frank formula type, or mass consensus type...
6:00am: 6M recovery run. 7:30am: Tried to shop in Sainsbury's but closed to a power cut! 7:45am: Drive 35min to do shopping in another supermarket. 8:50am: Pick up all race day stuff for boxing day from race secretary. 9:00am: last min xmas shopping. 10:00am: Help club fund raiseing. [roll 7 dice & get all 6's & win car] 11:30am: Put road signs up for boxing day race. 12:45pm: Finish putting up road signs 1:50pm: Arrive home. 2:00pm: More club stuff 3:00pm: 10M steady run. 4:30pm: Changed & eaten bowl of soup. 4:45pm: Sort out prizes for race & try to cook dinner. 6:15pm: Eat dinner. 7:00pm: Colapse in front of tv before crawling upstairs to bed at 9:30pm!!!!! Look farward to friday when I will do nothing BUT run.
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Later today - 90 - 120 mins mixture of canal and hills around Bath
Why - Connemara Marathon of course!
Last hard - Tue
Last rest - yesterday at office party/dance
Next - 5/6m easy tomorrow
Get me something nice Snicksteuse!!
What: 18 miles easy. 1Ok routes x 3
Lap one 47.12
Lap two 44.03
Lap three 42.20
Why: should be doing this run tomorrow but working all night, ive got 4.5hrs of sleep to get in before i start......ahhhhhhhhh
Last rest: Friday
Last Hard: Today as conditions were not kind.
Have a good weekend all!
Sounds a hard session to me !
What :-
- 2km on treadmill @ 15 kmh
- 10 km Christmas club run, mince pies and mulled wine after
- followed by 5 km on treadmill @ 16 kmh
Now nursing an sore ankle, which is a good excuse to rest over Christmas - fine when you run on it, but painful after rest.
Why: Stomach bug (back with avengance, got no sleep last night)
Last Hard: ???
Last Rest: Tues/Today
Arse! Guess I ought to have a restday before starting my Horwill schedule tommorow anyway... Damn you fates!
What: 8 Miles Fartlek
Why: Says so on Schedule
Last Hard: Sunday Race
Last Rest: Monday
Good running!!!
Well done everyone else who is still managing to fit in the runs.
What: Swim, 50 x 25m
Why: running rest day
Last hard: yesterday
Last rest: Thursday
Why: 3 hour run as part of schedule
Last hard: Wednesday
Last rest: yesterday (enforced due to other commitments)
KK, re your recovery pace. What we have to bear in mind is that the Horwill recovery pace is based on running on a track. 6:45 pace on a track is an easy pace but on the road and hills it's not! I'm quite happy with a 7:15 pace on the circuits I use. Although I haven't checked it I think that the HR for the 6:45 pace on the track would be similar to 7:15 pace on most undulating routes.
what: 5 miles recovery at 6:55 pace
why: compromise pace ????!!!
last rest: Tuesday
last hard day: yesterday
20 miler tomorrow - envying those of you who've got their long ones out of the way today!
What: 10 miler.
Why: Saturday is (now) long run day. Well, it's long for me!
Rest: Yesterday.
Hard: Today!
Ta ta.
!0 mins warmup
Then 200m at 11.5 kph(note speed increase) with 200m 5.5.kph recovery
Times 10!!!!!!!1
Then cooldown
Now when i get used to this appallingly fast speed, do i lenghthen the time, or go faster?
Had been a hard day's shopping; then came home, managed to blow a fuse in the box which took out the downstairs lighting; shot off to B&Q for some fuse wire (5A), came back, rewired fuse; then time to go en famille to local outdoor carol service. Managed 15 mins of that in icy rain & wind & the hypothermic experience convinced me to bring forward Monday's rest day to tonight. Partcularly as the forecast for Monday is for it to be milder.
That's my excuse anyway.
Why: long run planned for tomorrow
Last Hard: Wed
Last rest: Thurs and Fri (work Xmas doo)
What: One and a half miles.
Why: It's the standard Forces running measurement - to be completed in less than 10 mins 30 secs - and I wanted to make sure that despite my injury setting back my training I was still 'fit enough'. I was, fortunately - I completed the run in about 9 minutes. Not as fast as I've done it before, but plenty fast enough for the assessments.
Last hard: Today, cos I was running fast on some horrible mud.
Last rest: Yesterday.
you could try any number of things now: a) increase the number of reps; b) reduce the length of the recoveries; c) try for 400m reps instead but fewer of them (or even try alternating 200m and 400m efforts to start with). probably best not to increase the speed of the efforts at this stage if you're feeling they're prettyy fast already.
great stuff, keep it up and in a month or so you'll be amazed at yourself.
I think ill try the alternating 200 and 400
But i need my recoveries, heart rate takes a while to drop to 130
If Im doing a marathon, should my speed sessions be longer?
Drew: Good point on Roads vs. track, I'll bear that in mind, I also think Frank mentions what recovery HR is on his site, so I might work from that instead...
I hate recovery runs btw.
P.S. I also hate recovery runs, Frank formula type, or mass consensus type...
7:30am: Tried to shop in Sainsbury's but closed to a power cut!
7:45am: Drive 35min to do shopping in another supermarket.
8:50am: Pick up all race day stuff for boxing day from race secretary.
9:00am: last min xmas shopping.
10:00am: Help club fund raiseing. [roll 7 dice & get all 6's & win car]
11:30am: Put road signs up for boxing day race.
12:45pm: Finish putting up road signs
1:50pm: Arrive home.
2:00pm: More club stuff
3:00pm: 10M steady run.
4:30pm: Changed & eaten bowl of soup.
4:45pm: Sort out prizes for race & try to cook dinner.
6:15pm: Eat dinner.
7:00pm: Colapse in front of tv before crawling upstairs to bed at 9:30pm!!!!!
Look farward to friday when I will do nothing BUT run.
Tim