I just wanted to update on here in case anyone (as I did) goes searching around the internet and these forums for information when blighted by late, long-lasting injuries in their marathon training. I ended up losing 6 weeks of training due to repetative calf strains, 9 weeks out from my first marathon - Edinburgh. I had…
What: Track tonight. Why: It's Thursday. Lyrics: Yes. Can't stop singing it now and feel the urge to waft about the room in a boho daze. I usually have a fighting chance with 200's choices. Did the usual stone steps climb yesterday and this morning. I have made this more challenging by taking it two steps at a time. Should…
HC wrote: "This seems to contrast with any elite training that I know of. Hicham El Guerrouj's aerobic training in the off season, as detailed on the King of the Mile website involves long intervals which are neither the gut-wrenching intervals scorned by the Hadd devotees but are clearly faster than LT." I'd like to…
Morning... I managed to get down the starirs today..legs dont feel too bad at all, quads a bit sore, but apart from that I feel fine.. I havent read back yet I will do in a minute..I did manged to post on the 3.45 thread very early this morning...but my mind couldnt get around lyrics to start todays thread LOL... I had a…
Gobi/Woj Good to meet you sorry i could not keep up but still i had a good run all things considered. Stats of Polar 625x may be of interest at least untill you pulled away. Never mind there is always next year. Lap Time Lap Time HR Max Avg Min Dist min/mile 1. 0:10:59.2 0:10:59.2 164 175 156 88 0.998 11:00…
That was my sermon, this is the race. Having had a not very pleasant experience last time out I tried to identify the reasons and put them right this time, this included: 1. Using an HRM and not going out too fast by keeping my HR at between 150-160 (broadly 75-80 % of max) which in treadmill tests has equated to just…
continued from the previous post... At the 20K mark, we reached the beach and I rewarded myself to walk for about 45 seconds while eating my gel and focusing on the rest of the race. I knew that there was another U turn at the 28.5K mark, so my goal was to reach that point with a good time. Until the 25K station I was…
Morning What: maybe something gentle or rest Why: see where the day takes me Last hard: last night! Lyrics: nope So race report (sorry 2 in one week...I hope you're not all fed up of them! Race due to start at 6pm, was around 26C by the time I got down there at 5:15, picked up my race number, chatted to some people I knew…