Last nights session ended up being 30 minutes easy as whilst I wasn't feeling exceptionally tired - in the interests of self preservation decided to take it easy. In any event expecting to cut mileage by about one third this week as part of marathon taper.
Today: one hour (including 3 x 5 minutes fast - half marathon pace, 3 mins recovery)
Why: Gentle speed session
Last rest: Friday
Last hard: Sunday
Over the last few days the knee injury that has plagued me all summer has started to receed, I have a theory as to what the root cause of the injury has been which I'm currently testing - if it turns out to be true then it will surely be the most ridiculous thing you have ever heard.........watch this space!
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last hard: yesterday
thinking of resting today and tomorrow in preparation for a 16 miler on Thursday.
Martin H - am intrigued!
What: Steady 30 min Swim at lunchtime – 6-8mile paced run this evening
Why : Club night tonight
Looking forward to my first run for over a week )
Last Rest day: Saturday
need a kick in the butt to get outside and training. as i haven't been on the road in about 10 days.
What: About 7 miles after my early finish this afternoon, intensity depending on how I feel. Then might take Kevin out for a little walk/jog.
Why: Obeying the schedules again (after blowing them yesterday by having a recovery run and a 1200m swim instead of one or the other) and getting Kevin's legs ready to cope with that big hill in Scotland.
Last rest day: Friday.
Last hard day: Sunday.
why: on a taper
last rest: yesterday
last tough day: saturday
MartinH: i suspect it's something like:
the car seat was too far forward
I alwasy cross my left leg over my right....
why - need to keep the numbers going but have several slight aches
last hard - Thursday
last rest Sunday
Just bought a second pair of 2070's and some Roc's so I must keep training AND do some cross country this season.
I will reveal all before the end of the week.
AM - 5 miles easy
PM - 9 miles incl 5 x 1 mile at 10k pace with 200m recoveries
Why: Speeeeeeeeeed
Last hard run - Thursday
Last rest day - Sunday
10 mins rower (warm up)
light weights x 20 reps x 2
10 mins treadmill (tried a faster run at 9.5kph sick of being a plodder))
10 mins stretching and cool down.
Felt really good when I walked out.
Club night tonight - 6/7 mile run, and looking forward to it.
Why: How can I resist?
Last hard run: Sunday
Last rest day: Thursday
Why: Tapering for Sunday (5 days to go.....wahhh!), although how I can call it a taper from last week's virtually nil mileage, I don't know.
Not much point in doing any more longer runs now. I know I haven't done as much training as I needed/wanted to, but that's life. I've still done SOOOOO much more than I did for London 2000, so I should at least be able to run most of the way, and be able to walk on Monday.
Will decide what to do on getting home....
Thought I felt better after yesterdays nausea/dizziness so set off to the gym to do 12*400 at 5k pace.
Instead did 4*400 before feeling shagged out, so thought I'd attempt a couple of miles steady: did about 1 mile before feeling sick.
All in all 4 miles in 30 minutes - not bad given how I feel.
So the upside is that with Windsor on Sunday, I'm following the sensible road and missing sessions (Dustin in following advice shocker!) until I feel top drawer again.
Don't want to jeopordise the 100 day training plan for a halfM pb with overdoing it in the last week.
Last Hard run : Thursday
Last easy run : Saturday
Rest days : Sunday/Monday
I thought
2km warm up at 12kph then,
4 x 400m at 14kph with
4 x 400m at 12kph recoveries then,
4 x 200m at 15kph with
4 x 400m at 12kph recoveries, then
2 x 100m at 16kph with
1 x 400m at 11kph recovery (finishing on the sprint)
and if my maths is correct that's 8.2km and should take me just about 39mins.
Why: My interval session of the week and one of my weights sessions.
Last hard day: Sunday
Last rest day: Yesterday
Bet I whimp out and cut it short. I know, it'll probably be my mums fault because she'll drag me off to the jacuzzi for a soak
With eyephones do you get to watch what your listening too ?
;o)
Will
Why: onto a basic maintenance programme during the week now. Need to get my PhD thesis submitted before Christmas so all club runs/long runs have to be abandoned during the week while I work.
Last rest day: yesterday
Last hard day: Friday
Evening - warm up, 3 x 1km in 3:40ish, off 300m easy recoveries, warm down.
Why? wanted to do something hardish but had to fit it in while my son was playing a school 5 a side match.
Why: Day 95 of Windsor 1/2 programme
Last Hard: Friday
Last Rest: Yesterday
Got to the gym and was getting changed when I pulled my running shoes out of the bag stuffed into them were my socks from Friday............Lovely!!!!
GFB
why: Sunday's race has taken more out of me than I realised - did want to do something faster to prepare for 5K race next Sunday
last hard day: Sun
last rest day: Sat
rather worried in that I felt I was working quite hard but HR remained low throughout run - classic overtraining symptom. NO way of telling how fast I really was running though.
Nessie, very best of luck for the marathon if I don't 'see' you again. Sounds like you're well prepared.
What: 4.5 miles easy.
Why: still tired from Sunday, but wanted to do something while the sun still shines.
Last hard: Sun
Last rest: yesterday
Why: 1st of 2 weekly key speed sessions
Last hard day: Sunday's 10k
Last rest day: Saturday