I have all kinds of confused myself, today. The programme said 5 x 400m intervals with a rest of 200m in-between each. Don’t forget to warm up and cool down. That’s what it said. Learning the lesson of yesterday (Go early. Eat something. Seek shade.) I set off for Oxford at 7am and ran intervals…
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Keeping up with the boys
I’m sort of back on it. I don’t do well without a training plan, and I have a 10k in a couple of weeks, so I’m roughly following the i10 plan over at intelligent running. It’s less running than I’ve been doing (but hey, I’m not training for a marathon any more so that’s all…
I FINISHED IT!!!
Yes I did. The whole iMarathon training programme!! Yesterday, I ran the final set of 60s intervals. I ran in glorious spring sunshine around University Parks, running past French school kids on some kind of exchange visit who were lolling on benches, or snogging sulkily under the trees. 6 repeats of 60s sprints, with 90s rest…
On not being ready…
It’s week 15…. or week eeeeep!…. and I’m surprised by how calm I’m feeling. I truly was expecting to be more stressed. I’m tapering – which means running in short, sharp bursts – and resting. Marathon day is a mere 10 days away, and I’m feeling….. well. I’m feeling ready. I had a little worry,…
March miles….and the bends.
I’ve just looked up my miles for March, to answer a question George asked in our On The Wagon Facebook group. How many miles did you all run in March? And my answer… “only 65.8 miles”. Only. I mean, that’s at least 30 miles short of what I’d have done if the knee hadn’t had…
Swearing allowed…
Well. It seems I didn’t update on last week – perhaps because it was difficult to pull out positives… The week began with a set of two 25 minute threshold intervals. I set out to do them before work on Tuesday morning, in Oxford. Sadly, the traffic prevailed and I arrived at work without an hour…
Clucking Hills!
I bumped into my neighbour, last night. She’s a lovely woman; we always have a giggle. Anyway, a while ago she agreed to run the Silverstone Half Marathon with me, in March, and we’ve been meaning to train together ever since…. Even better, I’ve been desperate to find someone to do my hill intervals with;…
And so it begins…
Training for Brighton officially began on Monday. The day after my birthday. Luckily, given the birthday situation, training began with a rest day. I used it to devise a little body conditioning workout for myself, on the basis that stronger legs will run better. So I did some kettle bell exercises in the quiet of…
Running Between The Water Stations 