Ain't nothing gonna break my stride....

career_move

7.06 mi / 11.36 km

Splits : 10.14, 7.25, 7.34, 9.40, 7.29, 7.23, 10.48, 10.29

This was tough. Glad I did it first thing!! Had a cold bath when I finished....was even looking forward to it :eek::eek:


P.M : One hour yoga + core exercises

Day -10

Mr Slow

career_move wrote: »

7.06 mi / 11.36 km

Splits : 10.14, 7.25, 7.34, 9.40, 7.29, 7.23, 10.48, 10.29

This was tough. Glad I did it first thing!! Had a cold bath when I finished....was even looking forward to it :eek::eek:

Nice work!

ncmc

career_move wrote: »

7.06 mi / 11.36 km

Splits : 10.14, 7.25, 7.34, 9.40, 7.29, 7.23, 10.48, 10.29

This was tough. Glad I did it first thing!! Had a cold bath when I finished....was even looking forward to it :eek::eek:

Good going! I'm dreading mine, not going to get out til 2mor and will be running round my village in the dark, so should be fun trying to hold a pace!

Mr Slow

ncmc wrote: »

Good going! I'm dreading mine, not going to get out til 2mor and will be running round my village in the dark, so should be fun trying to hold a pace!

Are they to be run @ 10k pace?

ncmc

Mr Slow wrote: »

Are they to be run @ 10k pace?

Half marathon pace I think? Career Move can correct me if i'm wrong!

menoscemo

Mr Slow wrote: »

Are they to be run @ 10k pace?

Keep up

That's a good Pace C_M for a sub 1:40 attempt. I think the race is normally on after midday? You will be able to have a good breakfast and should feel a good bit stronger later in the day...

jcsmum

career_move wrote: »

7.06 mi / 11.36 km

Splits : 10.14, 7.25, 7.34, 9.40, 7.29, 7.23, 10.48, 10.29

This was tough. Glad I did it first thing!! Had a cold bath when I finished....was even looking forward to it :eek::eek:

Great session there K! And GO YOU on those race targets!

career_move

ncmc wrote: »

Good going! I'm dreading mine, not going to get out til 2mor and will be running round my village in the dark, so should be fun trying to hold a pace!

I used the virtual pacer and found it great. Set it at 7.30. Would def recommend using it and a head torch

Mr Slow

ncmc wrote: »

Good going! I'm dreading mine, not going to get out til 2mor and will be running round my village in the dark, so should be fun trying to hold a pace!

At half marathon pace you should be running comfortably hard but a touch more towards the harder end of the spectrum. (hope that helps with pacing)

menoscemo wrote: »

Keep up

Thanks for the update, real life getting in the way of catching up on Boards.

menoscemo

Mr Slow wrote: »

Thanks for the update, real life getting in the way of catching up on Boards.

Yeah, I know. Life can be a bitch sometimes. I missed 2 days of Boards at the weekend myself :eek:

ncmc

career_move wrote: »

I used the virtual pacer and found it great. Set it at 7.30. Would def recommend using it and a head torch

Just checked, it turns out my watch has a virtual pacer and a pace alert if you vary from a set pace.... ok I need to read my manual and move on from just pressing 'start' and 'stop'

career_move

2.2 mi @ 11min/mi

3.5 km @ 6.87min/km

Water, water everywhere.....




Day -9

Lunchtime: One hour core exercises

PM: One hour yoga

tang1

Fook me, what time were you out at this morning? Cant but admire your dedication to early morning running.

Mr Slow

tang1 wrote: »

Fook me, what time were you out at this morning? Cant but admire your dedication to early morning running.

Don't big her up too much Tang, she's working towards crushing us all! :eek:

career_move

tang1 wrote: »

Fook me, what time were you out at this morning? Cant but admire your dedication to early morning running.

7.15 this morn Its a bit OCD
I was going to do it on the treadmill but then it stopped raining

Mr Slow wrote: »

Don't big her up too much Tang, she's working towards crushing us all! :eek:

:D:D

dazza21ie

career_move wrote: »

7.15 this morn

Why so late? At least your well set up for when you have to start running doubles :P

career_move

dazza21ie wrote: »

Why so late? At least your well set up for when you have to start running doubles :P

Haha well it takes a good hour to finish the stables I normally get up at 6 but for doubles I'll need to start at 5 :eek:

dazza21ie

career_move wrote: »

Haha well it takes a good hour to finish the stables I normally get up at 6 but for doubles I'll need to start at 5 :eek:

Fair play that's a nice warm up! 5 is no different to 6 really (maybe a bit darker), just interferes a bit with late night tv.

career_move

That is true. Before we get carried away here though let us remember how much I love my sleep.....I may even have been a cat in a previous life.........

Ah was wondering why my scone and marmalade tasted weird.....it has cheese in it :eek:

Mr Slow

career_move wrote: »

Ah was wondering why my scone and marmalade tasted weird.....it has cheese in it :eek:

I can see Krusty having difficulty retaining the 'log of the year' title with quotes like that

career_move

4mi @ 10.08min/mi

6.4km @ 6.18min/km

Splits for the strides: 6.21, 6.13, 6.21, 6.05, 6.23

PM: 30 min core, 35 min yoga

Day -8

Younganne

career_move wrote: »

Day -8

fair play to you, you've great will power!!!

career_move

career_move

40 min yoga + 20 min core

I'm really not liking rest days

RedRunner

career_move wrote: »

40 min yoga + 20 min core

I'm really not liking rest days

Not long now till race day CM...how are the chocolate cravings?

career_move

RedRunner wrote: »

Not long now till race day CM...how are the chocolate cravings?

Day -6 today

I could easily have tucked into a bar yesterday but I resisted I'm nearly at the stage now where its easier not to eat chocolate. Oh and I've lost 2 pounds since I started the detox.....which will give you some idea how much chocolate I was eating!!!!

Nice pb yesterday by the way

career_move

11.1 mi @ 9.36 min/mi

17.86 km @ 5.51 min/km

Made a huge mistake this morning choosing not to bring gloves. I stupidly thought I would be too hot with them on :rolleyes: My hands were frozen into clenched fists when I got home. I didn't look at my watch so ended up going a bit faster than normal but the splits are fairly consistent and it felt comfortable

P.M. 30 min yoga/core

dazza21ie

career_move wrote: »

11.1 mi @ 9.36 min/mi

17.86 km @ 5.51 min/km

Made a huge mistake this morning choosing not to bring gloves. I stupidly thought I would be too hot with them on :rolleyes: My hands were frozen into clenched fists when I got home. I didn't look at my watch so ended up going a bit faster than normal but the splits are fairly consistent and it felt comfortable

Be careful in future, frostbite is not pretty

career_move

dazza21ie wrote: »

Be careful in future, frostbite is not pretty

Haha thanks. I don't have the prettiest hands anyway but that looks yucky

career_move

|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thur|Fri|Sat|Sun|
|Rest|3 mile easy|4 miles easy with strides|rest|2m easy (optional)|RACE|2 miles recovery
Wednesdays strides can either be 6 x 20 seconds (walk back recoveries) at the end of your run or 1 set of Pyramid strides if you prefer it.

I'm having a minor crisis of confidence tonight. Normally when I start questioning myself I just think of something else but that's not working at the moment.

All I can think of is 13.1 (minimum) x 7:30 min/mi. Can I do that??? If I can do one then I can do 13.1 but have I enough training done at that pace??? Mentally can I push myself that hard???

I do realise of course that nobody, except for me, gives a continental what time I get but still I just feel so.....anxious or something. Definitely more disturbed than usual anyway! I wish I could just switch my brain off!

And there's 6 more days to go...... I'm going to be wired on Saturday!!!