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McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 20 Day 1
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Week 20, Day 1
Phase: Peak
Workout: 40 to 50 minute Easy Run
Purpose: Build Endurance
Here we go; Week 20 of the McMillan Marathon Training Plan. Well, I’ve made it this far and […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 19 Day 7
Week 19, Day 7
Phase: Peak
Workout: 40 to 60 minute Easy Run
Purpose: Build Endurance
Expected to be a bit stiff and sore after yesterday’s race, but today’s 40 minute was a great one. Felt really fresh and had a lot of spring in my step. Hard to believe there’s just 5 days to go before the Richmond […]
Town Center 5k
Seem to be stuck for time again, so I’ll make this short and sweet. Very enjoyable race, felt good throughout and happy with my performance. The last half mile was a bit of a struggle (could still feel Thursday’s Yasso 800s in my legs), but I held on for my second best 5k time of […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 19 Day 5
Week 19, Day 5
Phase: Peak
Workout: 40 to 50 minute Easy Run
Purpose: Build Endurance
Quite a lethargic run on the treadmill today. Didn’t feel too energetic so just went through the motions to log another 40 minutes and five miles. I’m pretty sure the low energy was caused by the tough track workout last night, so I’m […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 19 Day 4 - Yasso 800s
Horrible night for a track workout, but once out of the house I was very up for the 10 x 800m repeats (or Yasso 800s) ahead of me.
From the McMillan Running web site:
The theory behind Yasso 800s is that your time in minutes and seconds for a workout of 10 times 800 meters (two […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 19 Day 3
Week 19, Day 3
Phase: Marathon
Workout: 60 minute Easy Run
Purpose: Build Endurance
Lunchtime treadmill run (mainly due to the terrible weather we’re having today) and it was a great one. Felt really good and I enjoyed playing the incline game for 50 of the 60 minutes - started at 1% and increased by 1% every minute for […]
