Recent Posts Tagged With 'dol de bretagne'

• Recovery Run - 6 Miles

  Posted on Saturday August 18th, 2007 at 04:25 in recovery, tired legs, dol de bretagne

  This is my last run in France and my holiday here is coming to an end today. Suffice to say, my legs are feeling beaten up, I'm feeling tired, the hills have been good training but tough and I'm looking forward to getting back to normal scheduling of...

• Lactate Threshold - 11 Miles (5 Aerobic, 6 Threshold pace)

  Posted on Friday August 17th, 2007 at 13:59 in lactate threshold, tired legs, dol de bretagne

  Today I am doing my Lactate Threshold workout, this is far from ideal as I did a 20 mile run yesterday which I was less then happy with. In any case I have no real choice as its the only way I can fit this run into my schedule the way things stand so...

• Long Run - 20 Miles

  Posted on Thursday August 16th, 2007 at 09:24 in long run, tired legs, dol de bretagne

  Holy cow............That was bloody awful. I'm not happy with this performance at all I'm afraid. I'm in danger of losing faith in my schedule but in terms of a mental rehearsal for the marathon this run was definitely the one. I just felt pretty awf...

• Recovery Run - 5 Miles

  Posted on Wednesday August 15th, 2007 at 05:08 in recovery, dol de bretagne

  I'm having to reorganise the schedule this week again to ensure I can get my runs in. As I'll be travelling again this weekend I'm thinking about when to fit in my long run. So I've decided to do it tomorrow. Therefore following my Medium Long Run ye...

• Medium Long Run - 14 Miles HR150 Max

  Posted on Tuesday August 14th, 2007 at 04:55 in medium long run, dol de bretagne

  Today is my birthday, and its two years this month since I started running, and having started running two years ago, I was also here in France on holiday at this very location. Looking back through my log my runs were 5 miles maximum, and I remember...

• Recovery Run - 6 Miles morning, 4 Miles evening

  Posted on Monday August 13th, 2007 at 02:55 in recovery, hill, dol de bretagne

  I'm back from holidays fully now and as you can see a little behind with the blog, so I'll be trying to catch myself up over the next few days, all the runs will still be in date order so although I'm writing this today 28/08, the updates will appear...

• 8.5 Mile General Aerobic 150bpm Max + Strides

  Posted on Saturday August 11th, 2007 at 11:43 in aerobic zone, dol de bretagne

  We packed the car and got underway to catch the ferry from Dover to Calais, and then about 6 hours later arrived in Dol de Bretagne, France. I was tired from driving and my knee was complaining from been constricted in the car all day long apart from...

• Medium Long Run - 11 Miles HR150 Max

  Posted on Friday August 10th, 2007 at 15:00 in medium long run, dol de bretagne

  I did my long run last night and my legs could tell. Although my HR was fine tonight my legs did object a bit and felt tired. Usually the schedule allows a rest day, then an easy day following the long run. As I'm on holiday tomorrow I've had to rear...