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Lactate Threshold - 10 miles
I was supposed to do a 6 mile recovery run this morning and a 4 mile recovery run this evening for a total of 10 easy miles. Unfortunately work commitments meant that I couldn't get out first thing so I combined the two run and did 10 this evening. I...
Medium Long Run - 13 Miles HR150 Max
I missed my run last night as I was not home until after 9pm and at that stage just couldn't get out the door as I was really tired and had a long day travelling to various work meetings.But tonight, my legs felt a bit fresher as a result of missing...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
I'm afraid I'm running behind with the blog again, due to work commitments which mean that I'm travelling a lot so here is the start of my "catch up" with the training I've been doing.My legs are still feeling sore even today, and to be honest I'm a...
Medium Long Run - 12 Miles HR150 Max
Well, again this evening my legs are really sore and heavy and this evenings run is indicative of how I'm feeling at the moment. Slow, sluggish and generally uncomfortable. I don't feel like I can sustain any sort of decent pace and evening running t...
Recovery Run - 10 Miles
I was supposed to break todays run into two runs, one of 6 miles and one of 4 miles. I've done this a few times over the last few weeks according to the instructions in the schedule. However I had a meeting in Birmingham this morning which meant I ha...
Recovery Run - 6 Miles
Not a great run today, felt relaxed but it was slow for a Recovery run. Probably one of the slowest runs I\'ve done in long time actually. I have had a bit of a \"stressy\" day in the office in London today. It doesn\'t help that you have to work wit...
Recovery Run - 6 Miles morning, 4 Miles evening
Having had a few days off I do feel a lot better today. Interestingly enough, I didn\'t feel 100% over the last few days and I wonder if there was something lurking in my system somewhere that may have been causing some fatigue and general lethargy o...
10 Mile General Aerobic 150bpm Max
My legs still feel a little tired especially after last nights run. But tonight was easy enough. I focused on just trying to relax and I think it is something I need to do more of. Tonight's run is going to be the last one until next week. I am away...
Recovery Run - 6 Miles
Now I'm stuffed...........The run was fine, nice and easy as planned, but my Garmin Forerunner 305 is buggered !!! Its not working anymore, it won't download to the computer, I can't reset it, I've tried reloading the software/firmware, I've called G...
Recovery Run - 7 Miles - incl. 10 x Strides
Today was a recovery day so nice and easy. This time the schedule called for some strides as well which I did towards the back end of the run. It was very warm this evening, the weather is all over the place at present. Our summer has not been as war...
Recovery Run - 6 Miles
Wet and windy out this evening, but this felt easy even though my HR was a little higher at an average of 143bpm then I normally aim for. I'll put that down to the wind that was blowing this evening. This run felt easy, and after last nights run, sho...
Recovery Run - 6 Miles morning, 4 Miles evening
Back in the UK again and had a nice rest day yesterday. The schedule calls for another day of two easy Recovery Runs. Nice and easy and hope to get my schedule back on track and in sync. this week. Last week was nice to have a change of scenery, but...
Recovery Run - 6 Miles
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...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
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...
Recovery Run - 6 Miles morning, 4 Miles evening
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...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
A nice easy run this evening. With an average HR of 139bpm and an average pace of 8.31 min/mile, once again its an improvement on recent similar runs where for the same average HR I've been running at about 8.50 min/mile, so good news especially as i...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
Nothing much to report on this run, a nice easy recovery run. And after last nights exuberance on the hills I'm glad its an easy run this evening. My left calf is giving me a little bit of grief, its not too bad, but it is a little bit sore after the...
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...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
I'm running a little bit behind with my blog postings and will take a day or so to catch up, so please bear with me. Work and a full weekend of family activity has kept me from updating the blog.Anyway, tonights run was a straightforward recovery run...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
I've had a bad food day today. I've had to go visit a client in Leicester, and its one of those journeys where you spend 4 hours in the car on the way there, 1 hour in the meeting, and another 4 hours on the way back. And in the end it could have bee...
Medium Long Run - 14 Miles HR150 Max
Tonight was still warm and breezy, our weather has been really weird over the last few weeks, apparently its the gulf stream, fresh water versus salt water, blah blah blah, thats at fault. I'll have to spew more toxic fumes into the atmosphere to con...
Recovery Run 5 Miles
Making a comparison with last nights 11 mile Medium Long Run, tonights Recovery 5 Mile run is not that much different in terms of pace. Tonight for an average HR of 139bpm I managed a pace of 8.57 min/mile, whereas last night, for an average HR of 15...
Recovery Run 5 Miles
A really easy run this evening, and I needed an easy day. It felt good just to have a short run to complete and not have to worry about pace. So tonights was a really easy Recovery Run, Average HR of 138bpm over the distance and a pace of 8.54 min/mi...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
It was very warm this evening, but a nice easy recover run. I find I'm looking forward to there really easy runs now as a break between the other longer runs. It feels like the balance is just right between the mileage needed for the Long/Medium Long...
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...
Medium Long Run - 13 Miles HR150 Max
My Pfitzinger & Scott schedule called for a Medium Long Run of 13 miles tonight at an aerobic pace. Its been quite warm out today and I left it a little later before leaving home, so that it would cool down a bit. I felt fairly good for the first 4 m...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
It was very windy this evening, but I needed to make sure that I stayed under my recovery HR of 140bpm for the run. The wind and rain meant that this translated into a run at a pace of 9.01 min/mile. This was the slowest run I've done in a long time....
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...
Recovery Run - 5 Miles
Wow, that was hard, this was supposed to be a recovery run but it felt really bad from the start. My HR was bouncing over my 150bpm limit that I had set on my Garmin Forerunner, although I was trying to keep it in the low 140's. After all this is sup...
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...
