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Monday Afternoon 5 Miler

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Managed to get out and back from a five miler before darkness set in this afternoon. It was still very cold (high 20’s) but at least the wind wasn’t […]

Spinervals 10k Strength Builder & An Ab Workout

Last night’s workout was just an indoor bike ride for about 35 minutes with no running or strength work. The recovery day left me feeling refreshed and ready to tackle a treadmill workout, and I decided to follow Troy Jacobson’s 10k Strength Builder from the great Runervals series.
Here’s a review of the workout from my […]

Week 16 - Key Run Workout #2

Well, Thursday night’s run is over, which means my 16 weeks of marathon training is complete. At this stage in the game it’s too late to do anything about my level of fitness. With just a handful of days until the big race, it’s all about eating and drinking well, resting as much as […]

Week 14 - Key Run Workout #2

Haven’t run on a Friday evening for a while, but this weekend I’m racing a half marathon on Sunday morning, so I’ve rearranged my training days slightly this week. Weather conditions were excellent (for a change) - temperatures in the low 70s and low humidity. The only thing that could have been better was […]

Week 13 - Key Run Workout #2

Apologies for the late post, but it’s been a busy week. After Tuesday’s solid run, I was quite looking forward to the 8 mile “Planned Marathon Pace” run on Thursday evening. Goal pace was 6:48 per mile, but I decided to try something slightly different and start off a bit quicker for the first […]

Week 12 - Key Run Workout #2

Just 24 hours after yesterday’s energy sapping workout, I decided to run my second key run workout of the week. I plan on running an 8k race on Saturday and a 5k race on Sunday, so I wanted to give myself as much time as possible to recover from tonight’s 10 mile at planned […]