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Berlin 2016: Back to Basics
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Going back off the beer for the 11 weeks ?TRR_the_turd wrote: »76 Days to Charleville half marathon
Well in the last 10 weeks I've managed to go from peak fitness to peak roundness. While I enjoy the trappings of getting a little fatter, I don't enjoy the feeling of being a little fatter. With that in mind I need a focus for the rest of the year or I'll end up doing a lot of hand waving with no real target. I'm entered into the Chareville half, it's basically 11 weeks away so plenty of time to get into good shape and have a crack at my half PB on what looks like a fast course.
After London, I didn't run a step for 3 weeks. A week of that was planned, a week was work related and a week was pure idle laziness. Since then I've been doing a little bit of unstructured training jumping into our weekly club summer league races (3 mile, 3 mile xc, 4 mile, 5 mile) and have done a couple of parkruns (17.11 & 16.55). Was away on holidays in Waterford last week and my hay fever knocked me for six, so no running happened. It doesn't help when you're allergic to tree pollen and your holiday home is basically in a fecking forest :rolleyes:
Anyway I'll start logging here again, once I start doing some running!
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shels4ever wrote: »Going back off the beer for the 11 weeks ?
Jesus no, not completely. But a serious cutback in the consumption of beer, spice bags and four in ones (dinner of champions) is required.0 -
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You Sure on that? Didn't Peter predict 16:30 and get it bang on?
Most of us ran slower this week and we had a few excuses.
1) it was windy
2) it was a bit slippy on the lane
3) Long run on the weekend past (doesn't apply to you)ThebitterLemon wrote: »You following a plan Ricky, do you customise your own and if so do you have someone review them?
What sort of weekly mileage will you get up to for the half?
Will you go straight into a marathon program after the half?
What will be the main difference between your training for the half and the marathon.
Keep loggin, like reading how the faster guys do it.
TbL
Hey
Make my own plans up. Mostly because I have a good idea what I respond to and also because I like to suit myself
compared to marathon training I will be doing more short reps (1 mile / 1k) and long run will be shorter. Mileage wise I guess close to 70. I'm running London next year again so won't start training exclusively for that until mid to late January. this week and next is all about getting the mileage up, easy running and a few easy sessions. I'll jot something down on paper plan wise the end of this week and try to stick to it. Mostly just want to stay injury free and get back into a bit of decent shape to be honest.
And I'm off the Ricky Hatton diet. I'm all about punishment over nourishment for the moment 0 -
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »I don't care if he runs like Peppa Pig, it was a genuine question, and why wouldn't a 2.30 marathoner bother with it?
TbL
A joke. Such as it was.
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AuldManKing wrote: »This is interesting - 13lb's is a hell of a lot to shed while maintaining performance.
What would your 'normal' weight be (if there is such a thing)?
Might seem like a lot but it will be easy to shift if I monitor what I eat. To put it in perspective I weighted the same the start of January than I do now. I suppose if I was just tipping away not training for anything specific and doing 30-40 miles a week, not keeping a close eye on diet but not doing the dog either etc I would normally weigh 12 stone 9lbs. By cutting out chocolate, crisps, jellies (2 young kids so this is very hard) reducing beer (dramatically), keeping an eye on my lunches (have a chicken salad in with me today for example) and an increase in mileage I should drop a lb a week. Doesn't always go exactly like this week to week but when I average it out it usually does. I don't calorie count and have the odd bold day.
edit: should have said, I don't want to maintain my current performance range. In relative terms, its not great for me. Shedding extra blubber will help increase performance 0 -
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70 Days to half marathon
Friday: 8 miles no watch. Run along the canal bank. Around 7 minute mile pace, felt a bit weary on this one. It was quite humid so I put it down to the heat.
Saturday: 7 miles total with park run in 17.02. Decided to do this last minute. Had a few beers the night before and was planning on tipping around at marathon pace. Recognised a lad at the start and ended up in a bit of a race with him. Managed to just get ahead of him over the last 800 metres, slight uphill drag so I held a little back for this. Actually happy with the time because the course isn't the fastest (RER equivalent 16.40) Spilts were also very consistent so a good session all things considered
Sunday: 12 miles at 7 minute pace. Run around local roads and park. Body feeling good, another heavy day weather wise but felt fine.
Good first week back. Will build long run slightly next week and also the km reps. May jump into a race during the week too or if not do a tempo of some sort. Doing a few races if I can with no expectations or pressure for the next few weeks just to keep me interested. I've hardly raced the last 24 months. Could probably count all races in that time on two hands! Unusual for someone who use to hate training but loves racing0
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