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A Slow Journey to Faster Times
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AuldManKing wrote: »In terms of race prep, do you feel ready?
Do you think the last cycle where you used the last 8 weeks of P&D helped bring some structure and progression to your plan that 'could' be absent this time?? (I'm not sure.......just asking the Q
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I think the point that Ecoli always spoke about was 'cumulative fatigue' - I think some of the back to back runs you have done in this cycle are on the money here.
Yeah I feel ready. I do take your point about structure though as I'm usually someone who has to stick to some sort of plan. However, it has suited me to follow something much more loosely with my recent life circumstances.
I also feel like I've put less pressure on myself this time, as I'm prepared to adjust my goal on race day depending on the weather. In Berlin I would have been devastated if I'd failed to go sub 3, despite the fact that 3:00-3:05 would have been a decent pb. Being honest, I wasn't even as over the moon as I should have been after that race. Hamburg will be different.0 -
Yeah I feel ready. I do take your point about structure though as I'm usually someone who has to stick to some sort of plan. However, it has suited me to follow something much more loosely with my recent life circumstances.
I also feel like I've put less pressure on myself this time, as I'm prepared to adjust my goal on race day depending on the weather. In Berlin I would have been devastated if I'd failed to go sub 3 , despite the fact that 3:00-3:05 would have been a decent pb. Being honest, I wasn't even as over the moon as I should have been after that race. Hamburg will be different.
Hey AMK, I think you and I better move on and leave him to it before the wounds are opened up again
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Wednesday 1st April - 75 minutes Steady
11m @ 6:52p/m average (156bpm avg)
I decided to give this a go taking a roundabout route home tonight. I knew the splits would be nothing like last Tuesday considering I'd be climbing most of the time, so was just happy to get a solid 75 minutes in at the Steady heart rate. I nearly managed it
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No matter what route I took, I couldn't change the fact that Kiltipper is 351ft above Ringsend. I gave myself two miles to warm up this evening, just to ensure any tightness left in the legs after the past couple of days had gone. Kept the effort steady and the fact that some of the splits are far slower than others won't worry me for the reason given. One encouraging thing was that the pace dipped back below 6:40 in the seventh steady mile when I turned out of the wind for a second to extend my journey out to the required distance. Happy to get that session out of the way as I didn't want to push it back any further this week. That's 48 miles in the last 50 hours now
Splits:
W/u miles - 7:29, 7:49 (131bpm)
Mile 1 - 6:29
Mile 2 - 6:49
Mile 3 - 6:47
Mile 4 - 6:46
Mile 5 - 7:05
Mile 6 - 7:00
Mile 7 - 6:40
Mile 8 - 7:02
Mile 9 - 6:54
Mile 10 - 7:12
Mile 11 - 7:18
*C/d mile - 8:21 (146bpm)
*The climb home is really severe, especially towards the end. My HR hit 159bpm (higher than any of the Steady miles) during the cool down mile at 8:21 pace! :eek:0 -
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overpronator wrote: »How are you going to approach taper Peter, 2 or 3 weeks? Will you still follow Hadd with shorter steady session or will you try the sharpen up type sessions from P&D?
I haven't even thought about it yet tbh
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I haven't even thought about it yet tbh
Nothing in the last 3 weeks of P&D that you aren't already doing other than one VO2 Max session which at this stage wouldn't make much difference to you, IMO. Anyway the parkrun you are going to do on the 11th to get last week's out of your systems with cover that
You know yourself that the next few weeks are about making sure body is rested (whatever that means in your world) and throwing in a few strides to keep the leg turnover up. You have kept it simple so far so why complicate things now unless the taper madness gets you :pac::pac:0 -
Nothing in the last 3 weeks of P&D that you aren't already doing other than one VO2 Max session which at this stage wouldn't make much difference to you, IMO. Anyway the parkrun you are going to do on the 11th to get last week's out of your systems with cover that
You know yourself that the next few weeks are about making sure body is rested (whatever that means in your world) and throwing in a few strides to keep the leg turnover up. You have kept it simple so far so why complicate things now unless the taper madness gets you :pac::pac:
Grand National day on the 11th.
There's no way I'll get a parkrun in that morning.
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Saturday 4th April -Malahide parkrun
3.08m @ 5:39p/m average (17:22) 3rd finisher
Exorcised last week's demons with a nice blowout at the Malahide parkrun this morning. Always had the 2nd guy in sight, but could never quite get to him. Winner was in a league of his own (16:25-30). Only 7 seconds off my pb of 17:15 with virtually no speedwork done in training. Glad to have that under my belt.
Splits:
Mile 1 - 5:30
Mile 2 - 5:47
Mile 3 - 5:41
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Saturday 4th April -Malahide parkrun
3.08m @ 5:39p/m average (17:22) 3rd finisher
Exorcised last week's demons with a nice blowout at the Malahide parkrun this morning. Always had the 2nd guy in sight, but could never quite get to him. Winner was in a league of his own (16:25-30). Only 7 seconds off my pb of 17:15 with virtually no speedwork done in training. Glad to have that under my belt.
Splits:
Mile 1 - 5:30
Mile 2 - 5:47
Mile 3 - 5:41
0.08 - 0:24
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