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Training – Week Beginning 17 March

Sunday 23rd March 2014

Didn’t recover quickly from Tuesday’s session due to lack of sleep during the week. Good weekend of training though.

Monday: AM 10km easy / PM 16km easy (26)

Tuesday: 10x10s hill sprints / mile – 8×250 hill reps – mile – 8×250 hill reps – mile (23)

Wednesday: 16km easy, felt good (16)

Thursday: AM 10 km easy / PM ran home. Very sore (24)

Friday: rest (0)

Saturday: Brueton parkrun, 15:53, 6 x 1 min / 1 min after (18)

Sunday: 24km progression run: 31:23/29:11/28:26 for each 8k, 15 min cool down (27)

Week total: 134km

Training – Week Beginning 10 February

Sunday 16th February 2014

Good tempo run on Saturday in poor conditions. Skipped a run on Thursday evening but felt good for it at the weekend. Half marathon in 2 weeks.

Monday: 16km easy (16)

Tuesday: AM 10km easy / PM session:  5×400 off 200, 1×2000, 10×200 off 30s , 2×1000 off 200. Averaged around 72, 6:25, 33, 3:05 (28)

Wednesday: 16km easy (16)

Thursday: 10km easy (10)

Friday: rest (0)

Saturday: 6×300 hill reps, 10 mile tempo in 55:44 – 28:31/27:15, 6×300 hill reps (32)

Sunday: 26km easy (26)

Week total: 128km

Training – Week Beginning 23 December

Sunday 29th December 2013

I finally managed to run every day and this is the first week of normal mileage since before the injury.

Still unfit though.

Monday: 16km on treadmill, 69 mins (16)

Tuesday: 2 sets of 2000-1200-400 with a lap jog between reps. Very windy. (16)

Wednesday: 16km easy ~75mins (16)

Thursday: mile on the track in 4:58, 2 sets of 3 long / 4 short hill reps at the Vale (17)

Friday: 17km easy, off road ~75 mins (17)

Saturday: 13km easy (13)

Sunday: 23km easy (23)

Week total: 118km