If your body is saying "I'm awesome - let's go run up this hill!", if it's saying "I feel knackered - let's take today off", well, you don't listen to it that first day but if you're still feeling the same way a day or two later it's probably best to listen.
Last week was then (not totally unexpectedly) my cut back week as stress from my Dad having his heart operation (thankfully all went pretty well and he's now out of hospital and back home recuperating) and dealing with some ridiculous club issues (apparently 3 is a bigger number than 4 - any help with that one then answers on a post-card please).
Monday: 38 @ 8:18mm lunch run / 55 @ 8:47mm run home.
Tuesday: 63 @ 10:14mm very easy to work / 40 @10:01mm evening
Wednesday: Rest - seeing Dad - left work at 5 and got home at 12. Travelling pretty much the whole time.
Thursday: 44 wu, 2 x 3.5 miles @ 5:53mm off 60, 20 wd
Friday: Run to work @ 8:52mm / Run home @ 8:27mm
Saturday: Run to Faeza's with Gaby - 63 steady @ 7:47mm
Sunday: 43 @ 6:58mm
Total time: 8 hours 43 minutes
So one very stressful week concluded and now on to, hopefully, a better training week. It's now 60 days to go until London marathon - that both seems like a very long time but also not nearly enough time to get fully fit. I am genuinely very pleased with my progress over the last month or so - now I need to make a similar sort of improvement this month to get myself to peak fitness.
Training Table Week 8
| Week Commencing | Mileage | Time Running | Average Pace | Key Sessions | Longest Run | Most Efficient Run | Sunday Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28th December 2015
|
55.4
|
6h 22m |
6:54mm
|
Newport XC
|
9.1 miles
|
952 BPM
|
11 st 13.25 lbs
|
4th January 2016
|
54.4
|
6h 57m |
7:40mm
|
15 miles / 7:21mm
|
995 BPM
|
11 st 13 lbs
|
|
11th January 2016
|
63.2
|
8h 20m (+2h XT ) |
7:57mm
|
16 miles / 9:12mm
|
N/A
|
11 st 10.25 lbs
|
|
18th January 2016
|
61.8
|
9h 30m (+ 6h XT ) |
9:13mm
|
None
|
9.7 miles / 8:36mm
|
N/A
|
11 st
8.5 lbs |
25th January 2016
|
79.8
|
11h 40m (+4h 45m XT ) |
8:46mm
|
10.8 miles / 7:57mm
|
N/A
|
11 st .7.5 lbs
|
|
1st February 2016
|
100.0
|
13h 30m |
8:06mm
|
20.3 miles / 7:19mm
|
N/A
|
11 st .5.5 lbs
|
|
8th February 2016
|
100.0
|
13h 31m |
8:06mm
|
20.7 miles / 6:58mm
|
N/A
|
11 st .4.5 lbs
|
|
15th February 2016
|
63.0
|
8h 43m |
8:20mm
|
None
|
N/A
|
11 st .4 lbs
|
|
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