Long run

Dave’s Marathon Training Week 6

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Monday 24th September to Sunday 30th September 2008

Total miles for week was 24.67

I did not get time to update my blog at all last week because of a change in training times being so close to work. I thought it would be better to write my training blog weekly instead.

I was very lucky that my daughter J-Leigh joined me on all my runs last week – including my Sundays long run. I do love running on my own, Headphones on and listening to my music I get lost in thought and always feel positive afterwards BUT running with a friend, or in this case my daughter by far exceeds that, we chat about everything from music to bad jokes, I look forward to out next training session.

Tuesday 25th – Interval run: 4.09 Miles in 40:24 minutes, average pace 9:53 min/mile.

Wednesday 26th – Easy run: 6.13 Miles in 1:04:56, average pace 10:35 min/mile.

Thursday 27th – Steady run: 4.39 miles in 40:04 minutes, average pace 9:08 min/mile.

Sunday 30th – Long run: 10.06 miles in 1:27:16, average pace 8:40 min/mile.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays runs was the usual Hill route which made a great challenge for us both.

Sundays run was really good, We picked a great route with not many hills so I managed a good pace, J-Leigh really enjoyed herself which was the most important bit 🙂

We did try the dreaded action camera again, when fixed on J-Leigh’s bike it was still to shaky so we fitted it to a cycle helmet which J-Leigh wore, The picture quality was better but still a little bit jumpy, I will probably get a better camera in the new year.

Afternoon Half Marathon run

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I have been so looking forward to this day all week, I had found a really nice route on running club website I am a member off, I had altered it slightly to suit my needs. I knew the area I would be running in but still I had to remember the whole route, I managed it pretty well, no wrong turns.

I bought myself a new Kalenji Trail Running Backpack 10L from Decathlon, another club member suggested it and it turned out to be brilliant, I had a 1ltr water bladder bag in the back and two 500ml soft bottles with 2 gels in the front. This rucksack also had room in the back for my poncho. This was so easy to use and comfortable as well, no rubbing on the shoulders.

OK I got everything on, all pumped up and ready

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I got one foot out the front door and then it hit me, Wow it was freezing outside! I quickly retreated back indoors, after taking all the gear off I put on my thin jacket and running tights. When finally ready again I went out for my lovely afternoon run.

Walking up the road I realised I forgot to do my warm-up routine beforehand, too late now, I just went a bit further on my warm-up walk and then took the first 2 miles at a slightly slower pace. I did push myself on the last 3 miles though and especially the last mile I was really running hard, That probably explains why my muscles are so tense now lol.

So this run was a total of 13.35 miles in 1:55:30 Average pace was 8:39 Minutes per mile but Strava.com tells me that my half marathon time (13.1 miles) was 1:53:00, This is my best time ever for a half marathon so I am very pleased with it, my previous best was in 2010 with 1:55:25.

I would so love to run this route again just to see if I can match or beat my running time, Maybe next time I get a Sunday off from work 🙂