Monday - in the gym
Distance: 1.15 miles
Time: 15m00s
Tuesday - Stanford 4 laps
Distance: 4.35 miles
Time: 37m56s
Thursday - Stanford 5 laps
Distance: 5.30 miles
Time: 58m08s
Friday - back in the gym
Distance: 1.56 miles
Time: 20m00s
Saturday - Charney 8
Distance: 8.34 miles
Time: 78m34s
Sunday - Stanford 2
Distance: 2.11 miles
Time: 20m58s
Week 2 of my 18-week training plan is now over, and I've clocked up 50 miles for the month.
Not too bad considering I spent 15 days not running at all thanks to the lousy weather. I've also managed to run on six days out of seven. This feels like proper training now.
I kick the week off with a gym session. Only the 2nd visit in about a month, so I've reverted to a 15 minute run on the standard setting, rather than the 20 minutes I'd got used to last year. I don't want to overdo things.
Tuesday saw me aiming for a steady 40 minute run - but it was cold - so I ran a bit more quickly than planned and I finished the 4.3 miles in 37 minutes. I'd added an extra corner to my usual "mile" laps, but it didn't add a great deal to the overall distance.
Thursday, and I'm back to the standard laps, but a more relaxed pace to comfortably cover 50 minutes.
Friday and it's into the gym again, and I'm back to 20 minutes on the treadmill. Time for a catch-up next week to review my plan. Do I stick with the 20 minute hill run, 40 minutes core & strength exercises and 10 minutes on the elliptical trainer? Or do I need something more attuned to marathon training?
Saturday I decided to swap my long slow run so that I get Sunday to recover, and can maybe think about circuit training on Monday. I want to make sure I run over 8 miles today, so I do half my normal lap of the village at the beginning of my run, which only adds a quarter of a mile to the circuit, but somehow makes the whole run feel longer. Darn, I was hoping the run would feel exactly the same as usual and I'd benefit from the extra mileage without noticing. If I don't make the extra effort - this "8 mile" route can be done in about 7.8 miles. Ok, so not a huge difference, but it all adds up. It was a cold day, and again not the easiest. I'm wondering why I've entered a spring marathon that means I need to train in the winter. Maybe next year I'll run a summer marathon so I can train in the spring?
Sunday. What to do today? I haven't been swimming for months, so part of me wants to get in the pool. There's an aqua aerobics class at the leisure centre. I could go to that - so I'd be getting more out of my gym membership. However I'm worried that I'll be the only 30-something bloke in a class full of 50+ women. However, my training plan also has me down for a 20 minute recovery run today. I want a day off. But then I might be going out tomorrow evening and not manage a run at all. I should stick to the plan then, and get a recovery run in today. Again, it's cold, but I take it steady today. I don't run too fast to try to get back into the warm quickly. I know I'm only out for 20 minutes, so I can pace myself down to about 10-minute-miles. Just a gentle jog really.
So ends the busiest week for a while, but just the first of many. I just hope it gets a bit warmer soon! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Distance: 1.15 miles
Time: 15m00s
Tuesday - Stanford 4 laps
Distance: 4.35 miles
Time: 37m56s
Thursday - Stanford 5 laps
Distance: 5.30 miles
Time: 58m08s
Friday - back in the gym
Distance: 1.56 miles
Time: 20m00s
Saturday - Charney 8
Distance: 8.34 miles
Time: 78m34s
Sunday - Stanford 2
Distance: 2.11 miles
Time: 20m58s
Week 2 of my 18-week training plan is now over, and I've clocked up 50 miles for the month.
Not too bad considering I spent 15 days not running at all thanks to the lousy weather. I've also managed to run on six days out of seven. This feels like proper training now.
I kick the week off with a gym session. Only the 2nd visit in about a month, so I've reverted to a 15 minute run on the standard setting, rather than the 20 minutes I'd got used to last year. I don't want to overdo things.
Tuesday saw me aiming for a steady 40 minute run - but it was cold - so I ran a bit more quickly than planned and I finished the 4.3 miles in 37 minutes. I'd added an extra corner to my usual "mile" laps, but it didn't add a great deal to the overall distance.
Thursday, and I'm back to the standard laps, but a more relaxed pace to comfortably cover 50 minutes.
Friday and it's into the gym again, and I'm back to 20 minutes on the treadmill. Time for a catch-up next week to review my plan. Do I stick with the 20 minute hill run, 40 minutes core & strength exercises and 10 minutes on the elliptical trainer? Or do I need something more attuned to marathon training?
Saturday I decided to swap my long slow run so that I get Sunday to recover, and can maybe think about circuit training on Monday. I want to make sure I run over 8 miles today, so I do half my normal lap of the village at the beginning of my run, which only adds a quarter of a mile to the circuit, but somehow makes the whole run feel longer. Darn, I was hoping the run would feel exactly the same as usual and I'd benefit from the extra mileage without noticing. If I don't make the extra effort - this "8 mile" route can be done in about 7.8 miles. Ok, so not a huge difference, but it all adds up. It was a cold day, and again not the easiest. I'm wondering why I've entered a spring marathon that means I need to train in the winter. Maybe next year I'll run a summer marathon so I can train in the spring?
Sunday. What to do today? I haven't been swimming for months, so part of me wants to get in the pool. There's an aqua aerobics class at the leisure centre. I could go to that - so I'd be getting more out of my gym membership. However I'm worried that I'll be the only 30-something bloke in a class full of 50+ women. However, my training plan also has me down for a 20 minute recovery run today. I want a day off. But then I might be going out tomorrow evening and not manage a run at all. I should stick to the plan then, and get a recovery run in today. Again, it's cold, but I take it steady today. I don't run too fast to try to get back into the warm quickly. I know I'm only out for 20 minutes, so I can pace myself down to about 10-minute-miles. Just a gentle jog really.
So ends the busiest week for a while, but just the first of many. I just hope it gets a bit warmer soon! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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