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McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 11 Day 2
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Week 11, Day 2
Phase: Marathon
Workout: 15 to 30 minute Warm-Up + Fartlek Workout: 10 to 12 times 1 minute at slightly faster than 5K effort with 1 minute recovery jog […]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 8 Day 2
Week 8, Day 1
Phase: Pre-Marathon
Workout: 15 to 30 minute Warm-Up + Stride Workout: 8 to 10 times 30 seconds with 1 minute recovery jog between + 15 to 30 minute Cool-down
Purpose: Build Sprint - leg turnover and lactic acid tolerance
Wow, tough workout in the afternoon heat. Warmed up for a little over thirty minutes before […]
Week 11 - Key Run Workout #2
Nice conditions for a run today - 70°F and a light rain. The plan called for an easy mile followed by 5 miles @ MT (Mid Tempo) pace, which for me is 6:23 per mile.
The first mile wasn’t really long enough for a warm up. My legs still felt quite heavy and not very […]
Week 11 - Key Run Workout #1
No MotionBased information for Tuesday night’s workout I’m afraid. My Forerunner 305 decided to die on me after about 10 minutes, even though it said it was fully charged and had been sat in the cradle overnight. Maybe it’s trying to tell me it’s on it’s last legs, which is actually how I felt towards […]
Week 10 - Key Run Workout #1
Not many good things to say about this workout I’m afraid - the only adjective that springs to mind is “disappointing”. I might have known it was going to be one of those runs when I switched on my Garmin pre-run and got the dreaded “Low Battery” message. Oh well. I knew what I had […]
Week 1 - Key Run Workout #2
Another below par workout tonight. The FIRST Marathon Training Plan called for a 10-20 minute warm up - no problems here, followed by 3 x 1600m @ 5:33 pace with 60 seconds recovery between each repeat, followed by a 10 minute cool down. When I looked at the plan this morning I shuddered a bit […]
