Week 34 and week 5 of my half marathon training plan as I recorded my highest ever weekly mileage clocking a total 35.5 miles.
Monday was the club run, mostly at an easy pace around 9 minute miles, with warm up and cool down I logged 9.3 miles overall.
Wednesday was the cl...
A slightly lower mileage week due to some family commitments and a drop week in the half marathon plan.
Monday was the club run, with half marathon season upon us, some of the members wanted to up the 6 miles to 8, but with warm up I totalled 8.6 miles. Mostly at an easy pa...
A higher mileage week again as I clock up the mileage for the 2 half marathons and 10 miler coming up.
Monday was the club run at 6 miles but with a warm up and cool down I clocked 7.8 miles. 8:49 per mile - doing the course in reverse.
Wednesday was the speedwork session ...
A high mileage week again.
Monday was the club run 10km, but with warm up it totalled 7.2 miles. Mostly at an easy to very easy pace, with walking breaks for the newest member who was stepping up from 4 miles.
On Wednesday we were back at the CLC sports centre for the spee...
A higher mileage week now that the half marathon training block has begun on top of really enjoying the CLC Striders club sessions.
Monday was the club run 10km, but with warmup it totalled 6.9 miles. Mostly at an easy to very easy pace.
Tuesday was a little progressive 5k...
Back to the monday runs this week, joining the striders for a club run of 6.3 miles and 0.7 miles warm up. nice and easy on a cross country and hilly route.
Wednesday was the speed session, which involved:
4x 4 minutes @ 10km pace, 1 minute active recovery
4x 2 minute...
On Wednesday I was again at the CLC Striders speed session which included:
2 lap warm up and drills
Indian running
4x 2.5 mins @ 10km pace 90 sec rec.
4x 75 sec @ 5km pace 60 sec rec.
Saturday I ran to and from parkrun and clocked a time of 23:36 on my 77th parkr...
On Wednesday I was again at the CLC Striders speed session which, after a small warmup, was a pyramid of 1 min at 1 mile pace, 2 minutes at 3k pace, 3 minutes at 5km with half the time as recovery in between
after two rounds a 5 minute break and then repeat. I cut short the ...
Tuesday 5 mile run to start the week, having taken monday off after a long day at work and the 11.3 mile long run the day before
Run was made up of 3 easy miles and a push into tempo for the remaining 2, although I had to stop a few times
due to phone issues.
Wednesday was ...
Monday 6.2 miles (10km) along what was the old Striders run route. I was a bit late to the group so tried the route anyway and didn’t see anybody.
Wednesday as Striders speedwork session covering 5.2 miles overall
Thursday was an easy run commute home covering 1.2 miles
S...
Monday 5.2 miles easy in the heat of Crete even at 6am it was 24 degrees.
Wednesday was 5.3 miles of workout at CLC Striders my new running club.
Sunday was 2.7 miles of warming up and cool down either side of 6.3 (10km) at the Cheltenham Challenge finishing inside an hour...
On holiday in Crete, so a slightly different make up to my runs this week.
Wednesday, 7.1 miles made up from 4.5 miles early morning run and then a recovery slow and steady 2.6 miles in the heat.
Thursday evening 5 miles easy along the coast.
Saturday I attempted 3.1 mile...
Did a bit of cross training this week, with the bank holiday taking the family swimming - this was good recovery for some tired legs
the Birmingham 10km was a difficult course and the constant undulation left me with some leg and glute pain.
First run of the week was an eas...
Reduced mileage this week as I prepared for the Birmingham 10km.
Monday was the charity work run, I contributed 10.1 miles towards our target of 100 miles.
The group ended up completing 160 miles raising around £300 for Acorns Hospice
Saturday I did a short warmup and an e...
Reduced mileage this week as I have a charity running event on the Monday (20th May) where i intend to run 12 miles -
so I skipped this week’s long run.
Tuesday I ran 4 miles in the evening after a long day at work, 4 miles easy
followed by 4x 2 minutes on 1 min recovery wo...
Back to running on a Monday again with 2.4 miles tempo commute home.
Wednesday I was able to leave work early do 5 miles easy then back to work to pick up my bag/clothes.
Saturday 8.8 miles, warmup, steady park run, and longer cool down with Jessie
Sunday 7.7 mile long ru...
Week began on Tuesday with 4.45 miles at a steady pace with only a 3 second margin between paces on the first 4 miles.
Wednesday and Friday were both direct run commutes home, work has been intense for a while now and that hampers the ability to squeeze in runs before daugh...
4.5 miles nice and easy in the heat on Monday, followed by 0.9 mile commute/warm up to the leisure centre for a booking and 1.9 miles tempo run home.
On saturday I volunteered to set up at park run so ran there, but due to a shortage of marshall’s I volunteered instead of r...
Feeling really pushed for time at the moment, so Monday was a 1.6 mile commute home, Tuesday I was able to squeeze in a run commuting home for 1.4 miles, but then went out again after putting the daughter to bed and did 4.5 miles around the local park.
Wednesday was a mini ...
Work commitments meant I was unable to run on the Monday, instead I was able to run Tuesday instead as per the 10km training plan - I covered 4 miles at tempo pace.
Wednesday I simply ran home. Thursday as another session on the plan - it was supposed to be 4-6 lots of 1km ...
Began the week well with a solid 6.2 miles in an hour as I start my 10km race plan. I have been very busy with work including some longer days so only managed a 2.5 mile tempo run on the thursday.
Saturday we had plans so had to do a slightly reduced distance/time for parkr...
Back to running on a Monday again. The run felt good albeit short covering just 2.5 miles.
Work/home life took over this week, so wasn’t able to get out on Wednesday but did manage an easy 4.2 miles on thursday followed by my long run on the friday morning, having had a day...
Last Saturday and Sunday runs were difficult and legs were hurting quite a lot. I have a dull and persistent ache in both my hamstrings and knee pain. It might be a sign of over training, I’ve never had 10 consecutive weeks averaging 25 mile weeks before. I’m well on pace to...
Starting the week with a 6 mile run commute home via the honeybourne line up to the racecourse, mile two has a bit of an incline so tried this at tempo effort and then added a bit more tempo in miles 4 and 6 - having done no speedwork last week.
Wednesday I repeated a previ...
Starting the week as per usual with a 5.4 mile run commute home via Pittville park - nice and easy but with quite strong winds. Legs were quite heavy after the weekend’s efforts. It was also my 36th birthday.
Family commitments meant I wasn’t able to run Wednesday or Thursd...
Monday afternoon easy run for 5 miles.
Thursday I ran just over 2 miles after attending a programming type nerd evening. It overran slightly so couldn’t change into running gear before hhe security guard kicked us out so did the run in jeans. It rained heavily and I was soa...
Monday afternoon easy run for 5.4 miles, the usual commute.
Wednesday was a 6x hill work out and easy run commute home. I actually really enjoyed this but did feel it in my legs. Will need to keep these up and try and get to 8, 10, 12 reps.
Thursday was just a direct 1.2 m...
Monday afternoon easy run for 5 miles, not the usual commute, having taken the day as leave.
Unable to run wednesday as usual due to work commitments, so ended up with a shorter run on Thursday, and an even shorter one on Friday evening.
Saturday was the usual ParkRun rout...
Usual Monday extended run commute, nice and easy. Legs were still a bit tired and my left knee is hurting, feeling bruised.
Did Wednesday’s easy run commute and again the knee was struggling so opted out of the track session on Thursday and had two days rest instead. Saturd...
An odd week, started with the usual longer run commute on monday. Due to work commitments and my boss leaving after 24 years’ service I opted to play crazy golf (wednesday) and go to the pub (friday) instead of any running.
I also attended a tech meetup hosted by my company...
