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Week 6 – Key Run Workout #1
Another tough Tuesday! Just when I thought I’d made a breakthrough in my training, I’m forced to struggle through another miserable track workout. Saturday’s Mud Run and Sunday’s long run left me feeling flat and lethargic, and with the temperature being in the mid 80′s me legs just wouldn’t turn over at the cadence required. [...]
Week 5 – Key Run Workout #1
Well here we are on Week 5 of the plan, which means there’s only 12 weeks to go until the Marine Corps Marathon. Key Run #1 called for 10-20 minutes of easy running, then 3 x 1600 meters with a 1 minute recovery interval and 10 minutes of easy running for a cool down. My [...]
Week 3 – Key Run Workout #1
The first workout of Week 3 calls for a track workout, so it’s another early morning run for me at Landstown High School. After a 10-20 minute warmup, the goal was to run 1200m, 1000m, 800m, 600m, 400m and 200m on the track with a 200m rest between each effort – quite challenging as I’m [...]
Week 2 – Key Run Workout #1
After 2 energy sapping afternoon track workouts in the heat and humidity last week, I decided to try an early morning run today in the hope of an improved performance. I set my alarm for 4:30am (one hour earlier than usual), rolled out of bed and was out of the door 10 minutes later. The [...]
