Norfolk Botanical Garden
Memorial Scholarship 5k
Slight break from the McMillan Marathon Training Plan tonight, and time for a test over a challenging 5k course at the Norfolk Botanical Garden.
In my opinion, evening races are always more difficult to prepare for, especially when they take place on a work day. I’d much prefer a Saturday or Sunday morning event where you [...]
McMillan Custom Marathon Plan: Week 3 Day 2
Week 3, Day 2
Phase: Base
Workout: 15 to 30 minute Warm Up, Stride Workout: 8 to 10 times 25 seconds starting at 5k and progressing down to Mile race effort with 1 minute recovery jog between each, 15 to 30 minute Cool Down
Purpose: Build Sprint – leg turnover and lactic acid tolerance.
Comments: Strides are NOT all-out [...]
Week 4 – Key Run Workout #1
Tonight’s workout should have been a 10-20 minute warm up, followed by 5 x 1k (with 400m Recovery Interval) and a 10 minute cool down. However, I decided against the workout and chose to run a 5k race at the Norfolk Botanical Garden instead. Here are the race statistics courtesy of MotionBased:
I was secretly [...]
Tidewater Striders Summer Series 3 x 2k Relay
Despite completing my track workout early this morning, I wanted to take advantage of this free evening race that is #2 of 3 in the popular Tidewater Striders Summer Series held at the beautiful Norfolk Botanical Garden.
The race was due to start at 6:30pm, but as the Garden is only a 15 minute drive [...]
