Ladies and gentlemen, place your bets now on whether I will be aching for days after:
What: Upper-body circuit training session.
Why: Has to be done! It's Friday - my day off running and the day I do the upper body equivalent of the long run.
Last hard: Yesterday, a load of 800m intervals.
Last rest: Today, from running only.
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What: Rest
Why: Racing tomorrow - x country (should be fun its been raining all week)
Last hard: Tuesday
Last Rest: Saturday
What: er, wearing my not-so-waterproof Ron Hill shell hope to force myself out to do 5/6 miles easy.
Why: last night's recovery run turned into tempo run.
Last hard: yesterday.
Last rest: Tues.
Have a good weekend all.
why: I'm conning myself tapering is good preparation
last hard day : sunday
last rest : Mon, Wed, Thurs oh and saturday will be too.
it's sooooo difficult for me to read about those running in the rain without a smile. Well done.
BTW, Taper does mean slob out doesn't it?
tell you about the 1/2M on monday.
What: 10k easy
Why: Having a really, really easy week
Last hard run: Sunday
Last rest: Yesterday
Gareth
Why: resting up for Sunday
Last hard run: Tuesday
Last rest day: Today
why: last outing before Sunday
last hard run: last Sat comes nearest I suppose; else Sunday before that (10K race)
last rest day: Wed
latest weather forecast for Wirral on Sunday 1100 GMT (race start time) looks v uncertain. The big low with the gales round it could arrive late from the south - in which case it could be a gale against rather than behind. Definite chances of recording a PW.....
What: 5M. I pushed the pace (probably 10min/mile) over stretches approx 1M long, walking in between.
Ended up at my running mate's house. We greeted each other with a completely undignified session rolling on the floor hugging and kissing each other. I needed that moment of unqualified approval!
Don't worry, she's a springer spaniel, who lodges with us during the summer. She's coming to stay next weekend.
Post half ambitions: 1) Run a half at 10min mile pace, and 2) be able to run the distance (not race pace)without being overly tired the next week.
Strategy: 1) Practice running a mile at a time "fast". 2) Just do it: run the distance "easy", and then don't duck running two days later.
Improvements on that?
Oh yeah, swimming for me today.
Neil
Just under 4.5K of it along the coastal embankment WSW -> ENE - just a tad exposed.
Hence hopes for westerly gale.
Having said that, one blowing in the opposite direction would at least provide a plausible excuse for a cr*p time - don't feel I'm running v well at the moment.
What : rest day
Why : Friday!
Last hard : tempo yesterday
Why: Because I can and it's daylight.
Did some hill reps at the end of my run last night for the first time in AGES, and really enjoyed them!!
Must log off now or I'll still be here when it gets dark!
......look out for report on Monday.....ulp!
what: 13.6 miles fair pace (for me that was 1.36)
why: Training for Leicester half I want to get some good runs in early so I've got time to ease off a bit in the weeks before.
Last rest - yesterday (well I went swimming does that count?)
Next rest - tomorrow
Last run - wednesday - did 35 minutes X country
Good luck Martin - and everyone else on Sunday!
Why: Easy run yesterday
Last Rest: Thurs
good luck to everyone racing on Sunday, its going to be wet and windy!!
Why: Suffering from a strained hamstring
Last Hard: Sunday (football)
Last Rest: Yesterday
Was hoping to have a nice long run on Sunday but looks as though I'll have to forgo it this week
GFB