Yesterday was a day of conscious speed – or at least pace control. Today felt like a day of unconscious speed. I know that’s the point of pace runs, but it’s still nice to feel the benefits. Overall, I know that I’m still slow, but after a week or two of puttering along close to 6:00/km, […]
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4 mile race pace run today. Reasonably early start for me, heading out of the house just after 7am, walking up through the cemetery to start near the Sheen Common (?) gate. With a light warmup along the way, I was more ready to start at pace than I usually am. I set my goal […]
I ran a true out and back today, heading down Queen’s road for 2.4km before turning around and running back, up the hill, in the opposite direction. Seemed straightforward enough as I didn’t feel like spending too much energy in trying to get creative. The run itself was fine – I’m noticing a recurring trend of […]
After two months out of work, I returned to the (home based) workforce this week. That’s given me more time than I’d like on the computer, so I’ve cut back on outside of hours computer time, meaning this is a single update for the entire week. Three mid-week runs and one long run this week. […]
Long run today, up to 5 miles or 8.2-ish kilometres. My primary goal was to not run too quickly. Embrace the long, steady distance run. Mission accomplished. As usual, the first km wasn’t too fun as my body works out the kinks – I guess it’s okay to use that time as my warmup but […]
Pace day, a day late went fairly well. I think I ran too fast – averaged 5:00/km – definitely not a pace that I could maintain for a half marathon at this point. Though I’m not sure I could maintain any pace for 21km right now. Today I ran the reverse of yesterday’s route, probably a better […]
After a rough night of sleep (mostly thanks to Frank), I didn’t feel up to my scheduled run at race pace. I still did manage to get in a run. I took a new route, starting near the cemetery entrance, heading east to Roehampton Gate on Sawyer’s Hill toward Richmond Gate and then back toward […]
Aside – I’ve got to find an easier way to reference which day I’m talking about. Felt good to get out for a run today – hadn’t run since early on Saturday. I chose a mostly downhill run, heading from Richmond Gate down toward Ham Gate on the main road, returning on the dirt trail. Of course […]
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Half marathon training day 4
Up early-ish this morning for my long run – it’ll be the shortest of my long runs, just 4 miles (6.5 km). There was quite a strong headwind, which I was able to avoid until the final 2km – running up through the Pen Ponds on gravel. Probably not my best choice, but what can you do. […]
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Running Log
Running log for Spring/Summer 2020 half marathon training program. See training plan. Date Distance Pace/km Feeling 19th May 4.8km 6:08 Sluggish 20th May 4.8km 5:45 Sweaty, determined 21st May 4.8km 5:31 Sunny run in the shade 23rd May 6.5km 5:37 Regretted the uphill finish into a headwind 26th May 4.8km 5:24 Fast and free (on […]