So I've got a few runs under my belt now from my ultra program. (Apologies for no updates for a couple of weeks.)
Did my first long run on Saturday - 18miles. Leisurely pace and it felt comfortable. Should have done a follow up 5 miler on Sunday, but couldn't make that one. Must try harder this weekend.
Aiming for 25-30 miles during the week days + another 20 miles at the weekend.
The break after the Richmond Park Marathon was welcome, but it has been tough to get going again. However, I'm already starting to feel good again.
Jon, I hope you're feeling better after your superb L2B performance last month.
Accumulating some more kit, but I'll do a separate post on that in the next day or so. See my Equipment Page for brief update details.
Showing posts with label Ultra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ultra. Show all posts
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Thursday, 23 May 2013
Dead Legs
First run back after the Richmond Park Marathon two and a half weeks ago. Just a 5.5 miler, but it felt slow and clunky (avge pace 7:47/mile).
My next big race is the London to Brighton Ultra in September. The Ultra training started today. I'm going to follow a plan for a 50 mile week. Where possible I will run a few miles more on my runs, but I don't think that in reality I will regularly stick to a 70 mile week plan. There's a 13-hour cut-off time for the L2B race and I'd love to finish it and finish within that limit.
The general plan is long run on Saturday - anything from 14-25 miles with one 31 miler approximately 4 weeks before the race. On all Sundays other than the one after the 31 miler there is a 5 or 10 miler - which I expect will be a shock to the legs after the Saturday run!
Weekday runs are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and follow a 7-5-7, 6-4-6, 10-5-7 or 9-5-7 pattern.
I'm tempted to try to run the short ones quickly, but otherwise I'm going to give speed training a miss.
If any readers have any comments or suggestions for tweaking this plan, I'd love to hear them!
My next big race is the London to Brighton Ultra in September. The Ultra training started today. I'm going to follow a plan for a 50 mile week. Where possible I will run a few miles more on my runs, but I don't think that in reality I will regularly stick to a 70 mile week plan. There's a 13-hour cut-off time for the L2B race and I'd love to finish it and finish within that limit.
The general plan is long run on Saturday - anything from 14-25 miles with one 31 miler approximately 4 weeks before the race. On all Sundays other than the one after the 31 miler there is a 5 or 10 miler - which I expect will be a shock to the legs after the Saturday run!
Weekday runs are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and follow a 7-5-7, 6-4-6, 10-5-7 or 9-5-7 pattern.
I'm tempted to try to run the short ones quickly, but otherwise I'm going to give speed training a miss.
If any readers have any comments or suggestions for tweaking this plan, I'd love to hear them!
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Richmond Park Marathon Final Results
Well, my chip time was 3:59:37 in the end - so comfortably under the 4 hour mark!
There were 3 sub 3 hour times and the winner finished in 2:35.
Having a few more days off now until the ultra training starts proper. I think I'm going to follow a training program for a 100K race on 50 miles per week that I read in "Relentless Forward Progress". I will try to put in more mileage, but I'm not sure that in reality I will be able to fit more in.
I'll put up the program once I have tweaked it to finish on September 22nd, the date of the London to Brighton Ultra.
There were 3 sub 3 hour times and the winner finished in 2:35.
Having a few more days off now until the ultra training starts proper. I think I'm going to follow a training program for a 100K race on 50 miles per week that I read in "Relentless Forward Progress". I will try to put in more mileage, but I'm not sure that in reality I will be able to fit more in.
I'll put up the program once I have tweaked it to finish on September 22nd, the date of the London to Brighton Ultra.
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