Trainingsession 23 January - 29 January
Mon 23 Jan
2:53pm 5 miles easy on my break
7:07pm 9 miles steady after work. Ran with Ben around Manchester City Centre
Tue 24 Jan
2:46pm 5 miles easy
6:20pm 10 miles including a very light taper session on the track. 1 mile (400m jog), 6x400m (200m jog). 4:48, 67, 68, 67, 67, 67, 69. After three weeks of long, tough training sessions, me and Andy joined in with the group at Stockport who were doing this light taper session. Walked away from the track feeling like I'd done absolutely nothing but that's the idea...
Wed 25 Jan
6:20pm 10 miles easy group run after spending the day in Sheffield on an Adidas Olympic Experience Day which involved training with the olympic boxing coaches.
Thu 26 Jan
REST DAY
Fri 27 Jan
6:46pm 6 miles easy. Upper body and abs were so, so sore from the Boxing training on Wednesday
Sat 28 Jan
10:01am 3.5 miles pre-race loosener
2:18pm 11.5 miles including Northern Cross Country Champs. 7th place, see race report. Best race for 11 months, Tuesdays taper session worked a dream.
Sun 29 Jan
7:39pm 15 miles easy after work. Legs were in absolute pieces after yesterdays race, a very slow first few miles and gradually picked up but never really got moving at any sort of pace
Weekly Mileage: 75
Comments On "23 January - 29 January"
thanks for the detailed reply!
Guest Posted on February 1st, 2012Hi there. I tend to just run "as I feel" on easy runs. This could be sub 7min miling average on a good day or outside 8 the day after a session or race. On an easy run I don't concern myself with pace, the purpose of the run is to recover and on longer runs, condition my body to be able to handle being out on my feet for a long time. Monday nights run was a bit quicker getting down to sub 6 min miling, again I don't get too hung up on the pace but it's important to earmark a couple of runs a week where you will try to run at a good rhythm as this builds your engine. This week I only ran one run like this because of the race. The other point I should add is that if a run is say an average of 7:00 per mile, the first mile might well be 8:00 and the last might be 6:00. The first mile always tends to be my slowest as my ageing body finds it difficult to start any quicker without being warmed up! Cheers, Dave
Dave Norman Posted on January 31st, 2012what pace are your runs?
pace of runs Posted on January 31st, 2012