training
Weekly Review 1/25/10 – 1/31/10
Started the week at 200 miles for the month of January, and hopeful of getting close to my all-time monthly high of 266 miles. With a 25k race lined up for Saturday 30th and another long run opportunity on Sunday 31st, I felt pretty confident I’d get there. Here’s how the week went: Monday: Nice [...]
Motivating Music: What’s Your Top Tune?
You either love it, or hate it. Running with music that is. If you are one of the millions that love running to music, you may be interested to hear that the Virgin London Marathon has teamed up with running music experts AudioFuel to create a “Runner’s Top Ten Favorite Tracks”. The soundtrack, created by [...]
Recovery Week
After three consecutive “build” weeks (52, 57 and 61 miles), it was nice to have an easier week. Sunday’s 20 miler really took a lot out of me, so the timing of the reduction in miles was pretty much perfect. Monday: First day off since Christmas Day. Tempted to run a couple of easy miles [...]
Weekly Review
Not feeling as fresh as last Monday, but I guess that’s to do with another 10% mileage increase and tough cross country race/long training run on the weekend. I may be entering the zone of over training, so it’s good news that this week is a down week in terms of mileage. My body definitely [...]
Last Week: A Quick Review
Nice to be feeling good on a Monday morning — no soreness, not over trained and in a good position to ramp up the miles by another 10% this week. Here’s how last week went: Monday: Easy five miles. 30F and a moderate wind out of the west. Pleasant. Tuesday: Runervals Up, Up & Up [...]
End Of Another Year
Well, 2009 is almost over. It’s been an exciting year with many highlights and just one notable lowlight that came towards the end of July as I [foolishly] attempted 3 x 5k’s in one day. The end result was a second metatarsal stress fracture which meant spending six weeks of the summer in an aircast [...]
