Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Week Three - Miles and Miles and

Miles. That was the theme of week three. I managed to get the mileage up to 112km, the most I have run since mid September in the build up to my qualifying marathon. It was a tough week, one in which my recovery runs were probably not easy enough and I suffered because of it. Here are the details:

Monday 11th January: An easy recovery run to High Park. Kept the pace very easy after yesterday's long run. 9.4km.

Tuesday 12th January:  Ran two loops of the Morningside hill circuit, still feeling the effects of Sunday's Long run in my legs, so not as fast as I would like. Running a little slower on the way home I was passed by a guy on his way home from work who muttered "Give up!" 15.9km

Wednesday 13th January:  Longboat club run with Rob along Martin Goodman trail. Included 6X 6 minute intervals with three minute recovery as part of preparation for Robbie Burns race. 18.6km

Thursday 14th January: Easy run on treadmill at YMCA. This was the one that was probably run too hard. I paid for it on Friday. 12km

Friday 15th January: Mile repeats in High Park. 4x 1 mile with 2 minute recovery, Unfortunately these were slower than they should have been because I overdid it yesterday.  16km

Saturday 16th January: Longboat run in High Park. Fartlek around 8km loop with a couple of extra kilometres added on. 11km

Sunday 17th January: Second Longboat club run on the Boston special. Ran with Erik and Rob. Easy early pace but picked it up later. Felt the mileage in my legs toward the end of the run. 29.6km

Week Total: 112.5
Year to Date: 263.5

Co-Comrades-conspirator Adrian ran his qualifying marathon on Sunday and managed a 2:58 time under very harsh conditions. So we are set, and both seeded in the top corral. Congratulations Adrian and rest up before getting started on the Comrades training. We're going to get that silver!

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