1hr Steady Run.
I really lovely day again, I was very pleased with my run today, did a varied run with some hills and managed 6.25 miles.
Only a couple of short runs to go.
Feeling positive, injury free, and without the really long runs this week, quite perky and ready to go.
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Training Day 54
Posted by: Annette De Florinier on April 18th, 2010W15 D2 – Short threshold session
Posted by: Neil Lock on April 15th, 2010Schedule listed having to do 3 miles at 8min mile pace, before heading out I was a little sceptical about this. It has been a while since I have done any threshold stuff due to knee problems etc but was willing to give it a whirl.
Being only a short distance I knew I’d be able to cover it over a lunch break so just when my stomach was telling me to eat lunch I went to get changed and head for a run. Not one to do much in the way of warmup I set off at a fast pace and plodded on for 3 miles. As it turns out I had nothing to worry about clocking in sub 7:30min miles for the first 3 and then after forcing myself to slow down a bit for the final mile an 8:08min/mi. I actually felt pretty good which is a result and I’m happy 
12mile at a reasonable pace at the weekend. Certainly not race pace but faster than the scheduled long slow run speed.
Not sure what the weather will be like still next week as it’s soooo temperamental at the moment!
Till next time.
N
w15 d1 – Gentle jog with colleagues
Posted by: Neil on April 14th, 2010Following an extended rest break due to catching the dreaded man flu (sniffly nose, no sleep etc – you know the one!) I went out for the first run of week 15 today.
Accompanied by Adam, Dan and Darren we set off for a five mile lunchtime jog around the block. I haven’t run with colleagues for a while now the last time was an evening run and to be honest today made a nice change. Whilst it’s not identical to routes we used to do there were familiar spots and it all seemed so much easier than the years past when we ran it.
No niggles today which was lovely, little bit chilly but out in shorts again so hopefully a good test for a weeks time. Average pace of 9min/mi which I was happy with have a tougher run tomorrow with some 8min/mi splits – should be interesting!
Till tomorrow.
N
Training Day 53
Posted by: Annette De Florinier on April 13th, 201010min ER 20min MP 4×1min Sprints with 1min rests 10min ER
5 miles today, the sprints didnt seem to bad.
The weather is so lovely, really enjoying these Spring runs, the sun is out and the breeze is cool, perfect. A big thank you to my mum who has taken care of the children this week, so that I can continue to keep my training on schedule.
I’m still feeling quite nervous about the big day, not long now!
Training days 51 & 52
Posted by: Annette De Florinier on April 12th, 2010Long Run 1hr 45mins 11.2 miles,
Excellent weather, sunny run up to Shoebury and back, felt very relaxed with the run.
Day 52, 45min SR. With two weeks to go, I woke up with a very nervous feeling. Decided on one of my hillier routes and manages a steady 4.7 miles.
I went on a daytrip to London today with the children, and saw so many runners training in their charity vests, made me feel a little less nervous.
W14 D 5 & 6 – Long slow run during taper time and warmup
Posted by: Neil on April 11th, 2010The sun is out! On Saturday I have planed to run a gentle warmup for Sundays run and then go for a swim with Laura. The local pool is 3 or so miles away so it made sense to have a very gentle jog over to her before jumping in the pool for a few laps. Shorts finally out and it was lovely to run in the sun. No real issue on Sat but then again it wasn’t far! Good swim and then off for a relaxing afternoon, and some garden nursery time!
The schedule lists 18M for Sunday, and fortunately, Oliver, who I have run with before on a previous long run had volunteered to accompany me for a portion of today’s run. I had planned to meet him at Mile End and head round the 2012 Park and back to the flat, unfortunately things don’t always go to plan! At Mile End I saw Olly and he was already a little out of breath – thanks to TFL the route was to change, the central line was out between Liv St and Leytonstone and he had run down to meet me from Tower Hill! He had already covered 2.5 Miles to meet me and obviously I didn’t want to send him off on a 12 mile run! We doubled back towards the Olympic Stadium and I took him along the Greenway, hogging the side of the park.
My goal was to end up at Leyton as I wasn’t sure if it was planned engineering or a disruption to service, unfortunately it was the former and we had to carry onto Stratford where he would be able to continue on National Rail. I think it was hit Stratford after about 10miles for him (inc his first bit) and he seemed happy. He’s a good runner, wouldn’t take much to push him through a fast half marathon I don’t think! At Stratford, we parted ways and I headed home. I was 13 or so miles in so new the route home would cover the remaining 5 miles perfectly.
The run was certainly hot – the final two or three miles where a bit of a challenge as I’m not sure I had drunk enough – that said I followed my plans and run at a 9min/mi average pace so hopefully recovery time this week should be shorter! Lets hope that the temp falls a little bit otherwise we may have the same as last year on the big day!!
See mile splits
Woo that’s the last serious distance covered and it went well so brilliant! Rest day tomorrow
Till next time
W14 D4 Midweek longer run
Posted by: Neil Lock on April 9th, 201010miles scheduled for today and that meant the standard run to Ox Circus. Flicking through my diary now this is the last long midweek run and the last time I’ll have to run up the hill on lea bridge road for a while!
Following a restless night sleep I set off out of the flat at 730. I know the route now without even thinking about it, as usual the first mile sent my heart-rate through the roof and I questioned what I was doing (just to fill you in the first mile is a very slow incline but a bugger to start with!).
Right now I’m struggling to think of anything eventful during the run so can only assume that is a good thing as obv there was no pain or issues! I didn’t check what pace I should have been doing today at and after looking annoyingly I was down a little bit. Hopefully not an issue but that said I haven’t done a street speed session for a little while so need to consider going out and widening my stride a bit.
18M scheduled for this weekend need to slow it down on that one so as not to kill me for the following week!
Till then.
N
W14 D3 Mid distance run home
Posted by: Neil Lock on April 9th, 2010Having suffered from a bit of a dodgy tummy on Tues night and during the day weds I was slightly apprehensive about this run but as it turns out baring a moment about 1/2mile from home there was nothing to worry about.
Legs still feeling quite heavy I set off from Stratford to home which is 5 miles. Fortunately unlike the last time I did it the rain held off and the weather was quite nice – also following the clock changes a few weeks back it’s much nicer running at 7pm and it still being light. The sched said 6M in 58mins which I did. Guessing that’s a 9:30 pace and I certainly was under that.
Long soak in the bath following that and an early night. Thursday was the longer run of the week and it was going to have to be a morning run due to eve commitments.
Reasonable run, heart rate quite low – nothing overly challenging.
N
W14 D2 Interval session
Posted by: Neil Lock on April 9th, 2010Long day at work meant I didn’t want to get up early for a run so I had to factor it into my working da which meant only one thing a lunchtime dreadmill session at the gym.
Limited by time I covered 6.5km interval-ling between 12&14.5km/h. Was fast but not too bad. Warm down stretches and back to work in under an hour…slightly longer run tomorrow.
Training Day 50
Posted by: Annette De Florinier on April 8th, 201010min ER 30min MP 10min ER
So nice to go out and run in the Spring air. Had a lovely early run today, sunny conditions, slight breeze, 5.3miles. The short runs feel really short now, I remember when 10k felt like a long run, not anymore!
