Nice Boring Week
So after a great surprising race on Sunday have managed to get a nice boring week in this week. Nothing amazing, no surprises, no shock runs, no mad sessions just good honest steady marathon training!
Monday did a very gentle 10k with Andy at work on the usual route. Monday nights are busy for me so I didn't get out for a second run and was happy just to bank the 6 miles.
Tuesday met up with Wenny & Ian at Milton country park. We did 6 miles out and back to make 12 with Wenny then did a long loop on the park to bring up 13.2 miles @ 7:02/mm avge feeling very comfortable and conversational. Great run with great company.
Wednesday just did the same 10k with Andy slightly faster. Was always going to be a recovery run but wanted to get slightly further (8 miles) but pushed for time. No plan to double day this week.
Thursday Wenny came round nice and early for a 16. Nice and steady, bit slopp on the trails and went arse over tit at 13 miles on the park! 7:20 ish avge feeling very comfortable but slightly tired - just how marathon training needs to be.
Friday just 6 miles on the trails. Garmin died but decent clip - 7/mm at least - feeling really good. Plan to do the same or further tomrrow so I am recovered for a 10 mile tempo on Sunday. Should hit 65ish for the week with a few shortened runs and no doubles. Nice after a race and consistent which is key!
Well short on long runs, just 17, 16 & 13 so far but want to try a different approach in this build up, use a couple of 20 mile races & a half to get hard, honest long runs in and only do 1 or 2 other long ones (16+) but will do a 22 two and a half weeks out for confidence. That way I should stay fresh rather than get stagnant.
Things going well at the minute, plodding along and working hard. Got to do some decent stretching as well which has lapsed. Big target for my next race, got to pick up a minute on last race on tougher course.
When the clock struck 12 for 2012 I said this year no more messing. 2011 was a disaster but got to make this my year.
Monday did a very gentle 10k with Andy at work on the usual route. Monday nights are busy for me so I didn't get out for a second run and was happy just to bank the 6 miles.
Tuesday met up with Wenny & Ian at Milton country park. We did 6 miles out and back to make 12 with Wenny then did a long loop on the park to bring up 13.2 miles @ 7:02/mm avge feeling very comfortable and conversational. Great run with great company.
Wednesday just did the same 10k with Andy slightly faster. Was always going to be a recovery run but wanted to get slightly further (8 miles) but pushed for time. No plan to double day this week.
Thursday Wenny came round nice and early for a 16. Nice and steady, bit slopp on the trails and went arse over tit at 13 miles on the park! 7:20 ish avge feeling very comfortable but slightly tired - just how marathon training needs to be.
Friday just 6 miles on the trails. Garmin died but decent clip - 7/mm at least - feeling really good. Plan to do the same or further tomrrow so I am recovered for a 10 mile tempo on Sunday. Should hit 65ish for the week with a few shortened runs and no doubles. Nice after a race and consistent which is key!
Well short on long runs, just 17, 16 & 13 so far but want to try a different approach in this build up, use a couple of 20 mile races & a half to get hard, honest long runs in and only do 1 or 2 other long ones (16+) but will do a 22 two and a half weeks out for confidence. That way I should stay fresh rather than get stagnant.
Things going well at the minute, plodding along and working hard. Got to do some decent stretching as well which has lapsed. Big target for my next race, got to pick up a minute on last race on tougher course.
When the clock struck 12 for 2012 I said this year no more messing. 2011 was a disaster but got to make this my year.
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