Today I had a half-marathon race in Paddock Wood, Kent. That is in the southeast of England. Again, I smashed my PB from last year’s Cardiff half. That was 1:58:10. Today I managed 1:56:34. That’s a full 1:36 off of my time. I managed 8:54 per mile and my aim had been to try and [...]
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Marathon Training Day 67
Tonight was a nice, easy five mile run. One mile warm up, three miles at brisk pace of 9:00 per mile and a mile cool down. Compared with the high mileage of this week, it was very short. It also gave me a chance to test out Sunday’s half-marathon pace. I think it’s going to [...]
Marathon Training Day 66
Well, today was definitely, definitely easier. I did eight miles at slow pace and I struggled to stay slow. I felt much better, fitter and raring to go. It was cooler, number one, and I was back in my better food and nutrition routine of: Breakfast: oatmeal with tablespoon of seeds and tablespoon of strawberry [...]
Marathon Training Day 65
Today was speed work. Today was hard. It comprised a mile warm up with three 1.5 mile repeats at 10k pace of 8:26-8:46 per mile with .25 mile recovery jogs and a mile cool down. One would think that, having only just completed a 10k last week at this pace and with relative ease, today [...]
Marathon Training Day 63
The LONG run. Yesterday, Sunday, I ran 17 miles at 10:30 pace. I ran through Dartmoor National Park as you can see on the map here. We went away for the Easter weekend and found The Granite Way, which is a cycle/walking path from Okehampton to Lydford. Because it is only about six miles long [...]
Marathon Training Day 60
Well. Tonight…was…hard. With the race on Sunday, speed work Tuesday night and seven miler last night I was bloody knackered. Tonight I did eight miles at marathon pace. I managed to do it in 9:20 per mile but it was very, very hard. My legs were exhausted and I was exhausted. I am looking very [...]
Marathon Training Day 59
Another wet, windy and cold one out there tonight. I was buffeted by 10 or 15mph gusts and drenched in ‘light rain’ virtually the whole seven miles. I also found the slow 10:20-10:30 pace torturous at times and struggled to keep from going faster. I ended up doing 10:20 per mile. I reckon the quick [...]
Marathon Training Day 58
Well, winter has returned to Britain, to an extent. It was wet, windy and rather cold this evening. Just when I thought I could bare even part of the oh-so-pale legs in 3/4 tights. Oh well. Tonight was speed work. It consisted of a mile warm up followed by 12 x 200 metre (.12 miles) [...]
Marathon Training Day 56
I ran a 10k race today as part of marathon training. The training programme suggestion was to race anywhere from five miles to half-marathon, which is 13.1 miles. I was unable to find a half nearby so I chose to run a 10k in Hyde Park. It is the largest and one of the most [...]
Marathon Training Day 53
Tonight was wet; very, very wet. I only had to do a mile warm up, two miles ‘brisk’ at 9:00ish pace and a mile cool down. That’s only four measly miles. Inevitably, it starts raining half-way into my warm-up and I mean pissing it down. I’m soaked before I even start running. It continues and [...]