Following recommendations from a few people I shortened my final run to the local ‘classic’ route. The schedule listed 12 miles which most people thought was mentally far and in fairness in that run it’s too late to improve fitness or ability and there is a greater risk of becoming injured and increasing recovery time.

I set out on Saturday am with the camelbak and one spare gel to see me through the run. It was a sunny morning but still early enough to be a little chilly. The run went perfectly, no real issues and stuck to the pace recommended in the schedule. I added the extra 2 mile segment onto the journey resulting in a 9 mile run.

That’s it now for runs over an hour until the big one! Busy week ahead, expo, final massage as well as other bits and bobs. 15 weeks of fairly structured training. Over the next week I hope to write a blog highlighting all I have achieved including the races and hundreds of miles covered.

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Until next time.

N

Schedule listed having to do 3 miles at 8min mile pace, before heading out I was a little sceptical about this. It has been a while since I have done any threshold stuff due to knee problems etc but was willing to give it a whirl.

Being only a short distance I knew I’d be able to cover it over a lunch break so just when my stomach was telling me to eat lunch I went to get changed and head for a run. Not one to do much in the way of warmup I set off at a fast pace and plodded on for 3 miles. As it turns out I had nothing to worry about clocking in sub 7:30min miles for the first 3 and then after forcing myself to slow down a bit for the final mile an 8:08min/mi. I actually felt pretty good which is a result and I’m happy

See mile splits

12mile at a reasonable pace at the weekend. Certainly not race pace but faster than the scheduled long slow run speed.

Not sure what the weather will be like still next week as it’s soooo temperamental at the moment!

Till next time.

N

Following an extended rest break due to catching the dreaded man flu (sniffly nose, no sleep etc – you know the one!) I went out for the first run of week 15 today.

Accompanied by Adam, Dan and Darren we set off for a five mile lunchtime jog around the block. I haven’t run with colleagues for a while now the last time was an evening run and to be honest today made a nice change. Whilst it’s not identical to routes we used to do there were familiar spots and it all seemed so much easier than the years past when we ran it.

No niggles today which was lovely, little bit chilly but out in shorts again so hopefully a good test for a weeks time. Average pace of 9min/mi which I was happy with have a tougher run tomorrow with some 8min/mi splits – should be interesting!

Till tomorrow.

N