Sunday 9th March 2014
It took several days to recover from the half marathon. In fact, I was feeling the soreness from very early on in the 20 mile race. I just about held it together but wouldn’t have if the race had been any longer. Midland 12 stage next week then no races for a while.
Monday: ran home, easy pace (14)
Tuesday: AM 10km easy / PM 17km easy (27)
Wednesday: 16km easy (16)
Thursday: AM 10km easy / PM 16km with 10×200/200 (26)
Friday: rest (0)
Saturday: 13km easy (13)
Sunday: Ashby 20, 5th in 1:55:39 – 57:38/58:01 (34)
Week total: 130km
Sunday 18th March 2012
Good week. 80% effort session on Thursday and a 3rd place finish in today’s 20 mile race. I am pleased with my new-found ability to negative split a race. Thought: is the perfect tense of negative split ‘negative splat?’
Monday: 12 easy (12)
Tuesday: 12 easy (12)
Wednesday: 13 easy (13)
Thursday: 2×4 easy,2×6 easy,6/6/4 hard,6/6/4 steady,2×6 easy – 72,71,1:49,1:49,1:40,1:43,65,1:49,1:44,67,1:53,1:57. (10)
Friday: 8 easy (8)
Saturday: 6 easy (6)
Sunday: Ashby 20. 3rd in 1:54:18. 5 mile splits of 29:02/28:47/28:15/28:14 (21)
Week total: 82 miles
2012 total: 847 miles