I ran with Ally for the first 5k until the first drinks station, which was nice as we were both discussing the effects of the cobbles on our feet and what they would have felt like at mile 23... her supporters were at about the 1.5k mark so that was a nice way to focus on the race ahead. We split up after the first water…
Hi Bo - did my 20 mile LSR today - 20.57 miles in 3:20 @9:44 - target was even paced run for 3:20 duration at 9:45 to 10:00 pace so got to be pleased with the result - however, after a heavy week (first over 40 miles (43) and half race last sunday) i felt really tired after and quite a long recovery time. Next Sunday doing…
Louisa - ooooh oooh - any hilly bits you'd recommend? I'm moving up there in 10 days so any pointers would be fab! Inspiring tale of the day - went out this morning for a cheeky 9 miler, nice and relaxed but a notch above LSR pace. Tootled around merrily not really thinking about pace and got home to find ... that I was 11…
Morning all - I too am more relaxed than I was 10 years ago about achieving my goals "today"! "One day" will do for me nowadays - like you say Tenjiso - if you stick at it ... I just figure that as long as you train progressively, now matter how small the baby steps you use to progress - you must be continually getting…
Hello Folks, Good to see a discussion about goals and all that. Note that I'm staying tight lipped about this one. But am listening to both sides of the argument. Discussion gonna be had at the weekend, but liking this v much... Be conservative or risky... By nature I take calculated risks and will push boundaries, but…
Ten: Job done. Been to a local activity centre with my little person. Booked Friday/Sat coming back Sunday evening, hopefully. I think you must be quite local to my way then mate, you in Luton/Beds? Glad the taper is going well. Emmy_Bug: She's totally not buying it, at all. Oh well, maybe next year just for giggles...…
Emma: I can never tell when it's out so have to look about in supermarket or Smith's. Need to sub up to be honest. Tri: glad your better, seems to be going around at the moment. I was I'll the week before bootcamp, so hoping that's me done too. MWW: the run was lush. Thought it was meant to be 10, but glad I programmed it…
Get well soon LMD Great progress, Louisa! Posting Craig's training for next week - week 10 of the schedule. Bit of jiggling around on this one, as the training day is on the Saturday. So Thursday's run moves to Tuesday, the long run moves to Thursday and Tuesday's session gets ditched because we'll be doing some fast…
Susie. You'd only be looking to run a tad slower in first half - maybe 5-15 secs per mile slower - not, like, 2 mins per mile. It's a common fear that if you hold back in the first half you won't be able to speed up but the truth is that if you go too fast in the first half you're more likely to suffer in the second half…
Thanks so much Sam and Boduke for that advice! I've been really indecisive about it all so it really helped! Oscarr: interesting re negative splits! Boduke, are you planning a negative split for your half this weekend. I've only done two halfs before and both examples of how not to do it!!! If I was plannign 10 min miles…