Week 2 of solid training (i.e. using a plan and trying to stick to it).
Target mileage of 86.9km (54M) but felt slightly short at 85.4km. The key sessions of the week, first two, 5 by 1km, and 10 by 600m with a 200m acceleration felt good and the paces clicked relatively comfortable but today's long run of 13.5M call pulled at 11.5M. Decided to head out straight from waking skipping those important bodily functions caused an early finish. Dammit!. On the whole, I doubt it is going to really impact to a marathon finishing time three months away, but I'd have liked to have been able to comfortably tick off each session with the objective met.
Diet could use some work. Calories need to be restricted a little more, there are a few pounds I'll be happy running around London without, but the general balance isn't bad. A few too many snack bars instead of real food, but when time is short, it is certainly better than skipping the meal at the important time.
Sleep is about as good as it has ever been. 6-8 hours most nights and although my eyes look a little dark. that's probably workload related. I'll need to keep an eye on this area in particular but this has been a good start.
Injuries. None. Well, one. Odd little pulled muscle in my lower left abs. Only actually noticeable when doing crunches which is just as well. It's been hanging around for a few weeks, its not getting worse but I'm not sure its improving either. Something else to keep an eye on.
And cross training. Largely non-existant. Managed to get to a circuit training session on Saturday however taekwondo and swimming are still absent.
And so I guess a report card for the week would probably be B+.
And so looking forward, next week has the same volume. I'm looking forward to seeing if those paces continue to feel comfortable and with the following week being lower mileage, it may be a good point to move to the next set of paces.
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Sunday, 13 January 2013
Monday, 7 January 2013
Training Week 1, 2013
Frankly I'm tied but only partly through training.
A good week in general but a few gaps in the specifics.
New Year's Day's easy 13 miles around Pitsford turned into something a little more demanding in terms of pace and became 16 miles through the undulating countryside between some nearby villages. Genuinely good fun in places and it wasn't a pace I could have held with this time last year. Well not without making myself good for nothing for a few days afterwards. As ever, Steve was to blame.
The short easy sessions were there-or-thereabouts in terms of speed. Generally the problem was keeping the easiest of miles to a slow enough pace.
The second quality session of the week was interesting. Three miles, first at marathon pace, second at half-marathon pace and third at 10k pace. Repeat another two times. Including the warm up and cool down, 12.5 miles of running around in circles at the track. Before arriving, I didn't think I could finish the session. After the first set and I was pretty sure I'd detonate during the third set. And then it was suddenly finished. Paces were all good, within a couple of seconds either side of the goal pace. And so I'm really pleased to have got in another session that I don't think I could have completed just a few months ago.
That Thursday night session was however the high point of the week as Friday brought with it a leaving party for a colleague and as a result, Saturday morning brought the first heavy hangover I've had for months if not years. Just about pulled myself together enough to marshal at the County Cross Country Championship in Abington Park. Somewhat sobering watching those guys run themselves into the ground for four tough old laps of a sapping course.
And feeling humbled, I managed to crank out a light mile in the evening before completing the mileage for week one with Sunday's easy run which would have been much easier without the ill effects from the excessive alcohol still floating around my body.
So in review, good to have got the two quality sessions in. Happy to have hit the target 42 miles and in retrospect, a lighter end to the week knowing that the following week targets 54 miles may turn out to be a good thing.
15 weeks until London.
A good week in general but a few gaps in the specifics.
New Year's Day's easy 13 miles around Pitsford turned into something a little more demanding in terms of pace and became 16 miles through the undulating countryside between some nearby villages. Genuinely good fun in places and it wasn't a pace I could have held with this time last year. Well not without making myself good for nothing for a few days afterwards. As ever, Steve was to blame.
The short easy sessions were there-or-thereabouts in terms of speed. Generally the problem was keeping the easiest of miles to a slow enough pace.
The second quality session of the week was interesting. Three miles, first at marathon pace, second at half-marathon pace and third at 10k pace. Repeat another two times. Including the warm up and cool down, 12.5 miles of running around in circles at the track. Before arriving, I didn't think I could finish the session. After the first set and I was pretty sure I'd detonate during the third set. And then it was suddenly finished. Paces were all good, within a couple of seconds either side of the goal pace. And so I'm really pleased to have got in another session that I don't think I could have completed just a few months ago.
That Thursday night session was however the high point of the week as Friday brought with it a leaving party for a colleague and as a result, Saturday morning brought the first heavy hangover I've had for months if not years. Just about pulled myself together enough to marshal at the County Cross Country Championship in Abington Park. Somewhat sobering watching those guys run themselves into the ground for four tough old laps of a sapping course.
And feeling humbled, I managed to crank out a light mile in the evening before completing the mileage for week one with Sunday's easy run which would have been much easier without the ill effects from the excessive alcohol still floating around my body.
So in review, good to have got the two quality sessions in. Happy to have hit the target 42 miles and in retrospect, a lighter end to the week knowing that the following week targets 54 miles may turn out to be a good thing.
15 weeks until London.
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