[jprender]

Time to catch up on this thread.

So the last entry I had in was on New Years Eve, and I pulled my hamstring.
It turned out that over the next couple of weeks it was the least of my worries.
I managed to catch a pretty serious dose of tonsillitis, and couldn't eat for about 10 days. This resulted in me dropping to 153lbs which was a loss of about a stone.
That was weeks 7 and 8 totally written off.

WEEK NUMBER	DISTANCE RUN	AVE PACE	AVE HR
WEEK 1 of 18	44.46km
WEEK 2 of 18	64.41km
WEEK 3 of 18	62.30km	5:43	155
WEEK 4 of 18	63.00km	5:30	156
WEEK 5 of 18	57.48km
WEEK 6 of 18	32.00km
WEEK 7 0f 18	injured / sick
WEEK 8 of 18	injured / sick

So, I had enough of sitting around at home and decided it was time to get back out on the road last week. Totally against Doctors orders of course, but I reckon he just does not understand how much this marathon means to me


WEEK 9 :-

Date	Planned Session	Maximum Pace	Actual Session	Ave HR	Max HR	Comments
16 Jan	6km	Ave HR less than 150	6k at 5:15 pace			Taking it nice and easy
17 Jan	6km	Ave HR less than 150	6k at 5:55 pace	152	167	Even Slower
18 Jan	11km	Ave HR less than 150	12.05k at 6.03 pace	151	160	This pace sucks !
19 Jan
20 Jan	6km	Ave HR less than 150	6k at 6:01 pace	150	157	No problems
21 Jan
22 Jan	15km	Ave HR less than 150	15k at 5:57 pace	150	158	Week completed !
WEEK TOTAL	44.00km		45.05km

So, Week 9 was problem free. And so it should be when I'm running at that pace

Weight has crept back up to 158lbs on the weigh-in this morning. I'm happy enough with that, as I want to be 154 or so at the time of the marathon.

I'm half way through the training program now, and a little behind where I wanted to be. Still, no point crying about that now, just have to get on with it and make the most of the time that's left.

[jprender]

WEEK NUMBER	DISTANCE RUN	AVE PACE	AVE HR
WEEK 1 of 18	44.46km
WEEK 2 of 18	64.41km
WEEK 3 of 18	62.30km	5:43	155
WEEK 4 of 18	63.00km	5:30	156
WEEK 5 of 18	57.48km
WEEK 6 of 18	32.00km
WEEK 7 0f 18	injured / sick
WEEK 8 of 18	injured / sick
WEEK 9 of 18	45.05km

WEEK 10 (just completed) :-

Date	Planned Session	Maximum Pace	Actual Session	Ave HR	Max HR	Comments
23 Jan						Rest Day
24 Jan	23km	Ave HR of 155	22.65k at 6:19 pace	152	164	Died after 17km
25 Jan						Rest Day
26 Jan	8km	Ave HR less than 150	8.87k at 5:52 pace	151	159	Not too bad considering D2
27 Jan	8km	Ave HR less than 150	8k at 5:50 pace			Treadmill Session
28 Jan	8km	Ave HR less than 150	8k at 5:50 pace			Same Treadmill Session
29 Jan	15km with intervals	Ave HR less than 150				Too knackered for this
WEEK TOTAL	62.00km		49.52km

Tuesday's run really knocked the stuffing out of me. No energy, and had to walk the last km or so.

I managed to do 3 more easy, short runs for the rest of the week, but I could not face Sunday's run.

[jprender]

WEEK NUMBER	DISTANCE RUN	AVE PACE	AVE HR
WEEK 1 of 18	44.46km
WEEK 2 of 18	64.41km
WEEK 3 of 18	62.30km	5:43	155
WEEK 4 of 18	63.00km	5:30	156
WEEK 5 of 18	57.48km
WEEK 6 of 18	32.00km
WEEK 7 0f 18	injured / sick
WEEK 8 of 18	injured / sick
WEEK 9 of 18	45.05km
WEEK 10 of 18	49.52

WEEK 11 :-

Date	Planned Session	Maximum Pace	Actual Session	Ave HR	Max HR	Comments
30 Jan	11km	Ave HR of 155	11k at 5:27 pace	157	163	Treadmill Session
31 Jan	16km (with 10 at 5.00/km)	5.00/km	16.09k at 5:09 pace	167	180	Too Fast
01 Feb	8km	Ave HR less than 155
02 Feb	26km	Ave HR less than 155
03 Feb
04 Feb	8km	Ave HR less than 150
05 FEb	8km	Ave HR less than 150
WEEK TOTAL	77.00km		27.09km

Decided to see what would happen if I wore my Garmin and HR monitor on the treadmill on Monday. It worked alright, but I could not get any splits, just an average for the total run. Obviously I had to put the distance in manually.

I also messed up a little on last nights run. I did 2 miles warmup, and then the intention was to do 10kms at no faster than 5.00/km. My Garmin was set up to show average pace, and so the warmup threw my figures out. I had to take a guess at what I thought were 5 minute kms. Not too bad at the start, but I increased my speed towards the end.

So, I've been playing around with my garmin again tonight and I think I have it sussed for a treadmill session. I'll hop on shortly and see how it goes, hopefully I'll have some split times/HR.

[jprender]

WEEK NUMBER	DISTANCE RUN	AVE PACE	AVE HR
WEEK 1 of 18	44.46km
WEEK 2 of 18	64.41km
WEEK 3 of 18	62.30km	5:43	155
WEEK 4 of 18	63.00km	5:30	156
WEEK 5 of 18	57.48km
WEEK 6 of 18	32.00km
WEEK 7 0f 18	injured / sick
WEEK 8 of 18	injured / sick
WEEK 9 of 18	45.05km
WEEK 10 of 18	49.52

WEEK 11 :-

Date	Planned Session	Maximum Pace	Actual Session	Ave HR	Max HR	Comments
30 Jan	11km	Ave HR of 155	11k at 5:27 pace	157	163	Treadmill Session
31 Jan	16km (with 10 at 5.00/km)	5.00/km	16.09k at 5:09 pace	167	180	Too Fast
01 Feb	8km	Ave HR less than 155	8k at 5:46 pace	147	159	Treadmill Session
02 Feb	26km	Ave HR less than 155
03 Feb
04 Feb	8km	Ave HR less than 150
05 FEb	8km	Ave HR less than 150
WEEK TOTAL	77.00km		35.09km

8km on the treadmill last night. Managed to get split times also, by turning off the auto lap function and then simply pressing the lap button after each km.

I seem to be doing more of the shorter runs on a treadmill rather than the road. Not ideal, but is saves me lots of time. I can't run close to where I live at night time, so I have to drive to Dundalk. 20 mins drive there, run for 40 mins, and 20 mins drive home just does not seem worth it to me. I think I'd rather run on the treadmill for an hour instead and still save myself 20 mins

Is there any reason why I should really be making the effort to do these shorter runs outdoors ? My treadmill is set up in a room at home that is like a sauna after 20 mins running. I think I'll have no problem with the heat in Barcelona if I keep up these session

On another note, I'm really not looking forward to tonight's run. The last time I ran over 20km, I really did not feel well at all. I wasn't right for a few days after it. Fingers crossed I get through this one and get a much needed boost in confidence.

[jprender]

WEEK NUMBER	DISTANCE RUN	AVE PACE	AVE HR
WEEK 1 of 18	44.46km
WEEK 2 of 18	64.41km
WEEK 3 of 18	62.30km	5:43	155
WEEK 4 of 18	63.00km	5:30	156
WEEK 5 of 18	57.48km
WEEK 6 of 18	32.00km
WEEK 7 0f 18	injured / sick
WEEK 8 of 18	injured / sick
WEEK 9 of 18	45.05km
WEEK 10 of 18	49.52

WEEK 11 :-

Date	Planned Session	Maximum Pace	Actual Session	Ave HR	Max HR	Comments
30 Jan	11km	Ave HR of 155	11k at 5:27 pace	157	163	Treadmill Session
31 Jan	16km (with 10 at 5.00/km)	5.00/km	16.09k at 5:09 pace	167	180	Too Fast
01 Feb	8km	Ave HR less than 155	8k at 5:46 pace	147	159	Treadmill Session
02 Feb	26km	Ave HR less than 155	28.01k at 5:20 pace	159	182
03 Feb
04 Feb	8km	Ave HR less than 150
05 FEb	8km	Ave HR less than 150
WEEK TOTAL	77.00km		63.10km

28k done tonight in less than 2hr30, pretty happy with that. Never gone that far, never run for that length of time.

Average HR of 159 is skewed slightly due to the last 3 and a bit kms done at slightly faster than PMP. Tired now, and my legs are absolutely exhausted.

still, nice to get this one done with no problems.