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Long Run Day (or not.......), Marathons (or not.......)
After much deliberation I've decided not to do my long run today, there is no improvement with my leg at all. Just walking around caused a pain in my knee and down my shin. Whatever I've done to it has certainly caused me a problem. I've only got two...
11 Mile Aerobic Max HR 150bpm incl. 5 x 1200m @ 5k Pace
Tonights session was to include 5 x 1200m intervals at 5k pace which in my past sessions I estimated to be 6.30 min/mile pace, but I struggled with that pace a bit so I've decided to slow it down a little to 7 min/mile pace. These intervals are a bit...
22 Mile Long Run
Todays run is the longest run of the schedule and I had to plan to do it early in the day as I'm off to see The Police in concert this evening. This is not ideal for me as I'd usually prefer to run later in the day once I'm fuelled up. I seem to "ope...
10 Mile Aerobic Max HR 150bpm incl. 6 x 600m @ 5k Pace
My new Garmin Forerunner 305 arrived today, so charged it up and decided to do the Interval Session that was in the schedule for this week. The last two days were an easy recovery run and a session on the bike. Hopefully I'm recovered enough to survi...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
The weather is definitely improving now and this evening it was very warm as I stepped out for my Recovery Run. These runs are usually slow and short so the heat does not bother me too much, but I would like to be doing a long run under these conditi...
Medium Long Run - 12 Miles HR150 Max
Wow, that's a definite improvement, my schedule called for a 12 mile run, and I did just over 12.5 miles. Average HR of 150bpm and average pace over the distance of 8.04 min/mile. Last nights run, albeit for half the distance, was similar in terms of...
Medium Long Run - 12 Miles HR150 Max
The wind tonight was gusting to 30mph, and with rain forecast, I had intended to go to the club but decided to get out the door early and get my run done. The schedule called for 12 miles tonight, and even going down the club I probably would have on...
Long Run - 18 Miles HR150 Max
It was very warm and windy out today so I wasn't sure what to expect from my long run. I've mentioned several times how tired I've been all week, its a kind of general lethargy that seems to have taken over, I assume due to the training volume I'm do...
Medium Long Run - 15 Mile L2 HR150 Max
This run felt really good this evening, apart from the last couple of miles where the heat seemed to take its toll on me and started slowing me down a bit. My legs were feeling tired at that point and the heat seemed to get increase at that point. Bu...
Medium Long Run - 11 Mile L2 HR150 Max
Club night again tonight and I arrived a little bit earlier then the others to get out the door to complete my Medium Long Run of 11 miles that my schedule called for. And while I don't need to go to the club to run by myself its good that I have a d...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
A nice easy recovery run this evening, I kept my HR to a max of 140bpm, and ended up with an average for the run of 137bpm, and a pace of 8.56 min/mile. So it was nice and slow. For the first mile I felt a bit stiff but that soon passed and I managed...
Lactate Threshold - 9 miles (5 Aerobic, 4 Threshold Pace)
Today's Pfitzinger & Scott Schedule called for a 9 mile run, 5 miles at Aerobic pace and 4 miles at Lactate pace. I know from my treadmill test that my Lactate HR zone is from 163bpm - 170bpm, which is similar to the recommended HR that Pfitzinger &...
Long Run - 17 Miles HR150 Max
Ughhhh, it was late to bed, and out of bed at 4.45am to hit the road for 5am. So much for a warm up but I took the first couple of miles easy enough. Its nice and cool at this time of the morning mind you. It was actually quite cold to begin with and...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
Tonight the schedule called for a 5 mile easy recovery run. I was quite happy running nice and easy this evening. This is the third recovery run that I've done within the schedule and making a comparison between them is interesting.June 27th - 8.54 m...
General Aerobic 8.5 mile 150bpm Max + Strides
This is the start of my second week on the Pfitzinger 18-Week Marathon Schedule in preparation for the Dublin Marathon at the end of October. Week one went well, according to plan and I managed to do all of the sessions in the schedule without too mu...
Medium Long Run - 15 Mile L2 HR150 Max
I really wasn't looking forward to todays run, especially after last nights pretty dismal 5 miles of attempted recovery which felt awful. I strapped on my Nathan Hydration belt so that I could carry some water with me and I also took a couple of pack...
Pfitzinger & Scott 18 Week Marathon Schedule
If you click on the link above it will open a pdf file that describes the marathon schedule I'm following. The only difference for me is that Sunday is my Rest Day and my training week starts on Monday. So bring the schedule forward a day so that the...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
An easy run tonight which in line with my Pfitzinger schedule called for a 5 mile Recovery run. I tried to slow it down a little compared to previous evenings and managed 8.44 min/mile for an average HR of 144 bpm. My legs and upper body muscles are...
Medium Long Run - 11 Mile L2 HR150 Max
My Pfitzinger schedule called for an 11 mile Medium Long Run today. The schedule defines anything between 11 and 16 miles as a medium long run. The medium long run reinforces the long runs (17 miles +) done during the course of the schedule to build...
General Aerobic 150bpm Max + Strides
This is the first run in my Marathon Schedule in preparation for Dublin in 18 weeks time. The schedule Required 8 Miles w/10 x 150m strides today, so I ran the first 6 miles at my aerobic level of 150bpm max heart rate. This gave me a pace of 8.45 mi...
