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Two terrific races L, well done! Utterly unsurprising given your consistency. I love that your son enjoyed his so much too. Oh and you definitely earned the 3 fig rolls - I would call that a very modest post-race treat
Thanks so much eyrie. I was delighted especially with the 10 mile race. My previous time was 1 hour 42 and I had gone as fast as I could back then. To get under 1:40 meant everything. It gives me a huge lift to push for more.0 -
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Aw now it wasn't a ticking off...it was a well intentioned word of advice. :pac:
It's really a word of caution. Your training last week amounted to over 10 hours and there are still 4 weeks I think before the plan hits its peak week. I'm just afraid you leave your marathon on the streets of D15 and the PP.
The amount of running you are doing, at the paces you were falling into and talk of tiredness had my alarm bells ringing. 0 -
Aw now it wasn't a ticking off...it was a well intentioned word of advice. :pac:
It's really a word of caution. Your training last week amounted to over 10 hours and there are still 4 weeks I think before the plan hits its peak week. I'm just afraid you leave your marathon on the streets of D15 and the PP. The amount of running you are doing, at the paces you were falling into and talk of tiredness had my alarm bells ringing.
Ah I always appreciate the feedback! I knew myself my pacing had gone silly.
I was feeling tired but I had a lot of stuff going on too.
I don't want to leave my marathon in my training... Do you think I'm running too much? I've been adding on the extra 30 mins to most of the midweek runs.0 -
Applegirl26 wrote: »Ah I always appreciate the feedback! I knew myself my pacing had gone silly.
I was feeling tired but I had a lot of stuff going on too.
I don't want to leave my marathon in my training... Do you think I'm running too much? I've been adding on the extra 30 mins to most of the midweek runs.
Truthfully I'd say I have a fear rather than a conviction. :pac: As the plan looks for more over the next few weeks I'd be afraid I'd see 4 or 5 two hour runs a week and running for 12 hours a week. The plan suggests adding 30 mins of VERY easy paced miles to the plan up to 3 times a week tops.
In all honesty I'd love to hear what someone like El C would think. I'm not remotely knowledgeable enough
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Applegirl26 wrote: »Ah I always appreciate the feedback! I knew myself my pacing had gone silly.
I was feeling tired but I had a lot of stuff going on too.
I don't want to leave my marathon in my training... Do you think I'm running too much? I've been adding on the extra 30 mins to most of the midweek runs.
I'll be truthful and say i had wondered seeing your training runs on strava and the very regular occurrence of an additional 30 mins. I hadn't noticed the pacing issues you mention but have been fearful of burn out due to the number of hours you've been spending on your runs (and also in complete awe i must add!). However as i failed miserably at the plan last year i didn't feel in any way qualified to comment but i'm interested to see feedback from others around these parts.
You've been incredibly dedicated and deserve to have an absolutely great race. Keep it sensible now for the last stretch and i really think you will be flying the Irish flag with great pride in Manchester 0 -
I'll be truthful and say i had wondered seeing your training runs on strava and the very regular occurrence of an additional 30 mins. I hadn't noticed the pacing issues you mention but have been fearful of burn out due to the number of hours you've been spending on your runs (and also in complete awe i must add!). However as i failed miserably at the plan last year i didn't feel in any way qualified to comment but i'm interested to see feedback from others around these parts.
You've been incredibly dedicated and deserve to have an absolutely great race. Keep it sensible now for the last stretch and i really think you will be flying the Irish flag with great pride in Manchester
Thanks so much ariana. Sorry you didn't have the race you deserved. I know what that feels like too.
I must confess that I hadn't really counted up how long I was out running for. Given that it took me almost 5 hrs to get around Dublin, I approached this training block thinking I need to work on my endurance cos on the day I'm going to be out there a while! I've so much to learn.
I don't know. Everything's easy when you know how, for sure.0 -
Truthfully I'd say I have a fear rather than a conviction. :pac: As the plan looks for more over the next few weeks I'd be afraid I'd see 4 or 5 two hour runs a week and running for 12 hours a week. The plan suggests adding 30 mins of VERY easy paced miles to the plan up to 3 times a week tops.
In all honesty I'd love to hear what someone like El C would think. I'm not remotely knowledgeable enough
Fine, ye can feck and figure out ye're own thoughts on it after this though:p
The Grads beginner plan is fairly low intensity and I would really consider it a base plan rather than a really specific marathon plan so in that respect, the mileage itself is probably the biggest obstacle in terms of getting it done.
There's probably a few ways you could look at, is it better to be running a load of 90 minutes plus runs at a slow pace or running less mileage at a faster pace. You'll probably get a 1000 different answers from a 1000 different people on that.
I'd say and a load of people here would probably disagree with me that there is nothing inherently wrong with running for that long most days when the intensity is low if you can handle it but there's a few things that catch my eye that I would worry about.
1. You haven't had any cutback weeks since this log started(fitness is gained during recovery)
2. You are adding a lot of running to workout days- last week you had two runs lasting around two hours which had moderate efforts included. Your two hardest days were also your two longest days Higher intensity days should be the last place you add mileage to imo. Although you have the option to add 30 minutes. If it was me, I would add it to the short or off days where the volume is low or a rest day and not on top of the the biggest days or hardest days.
Thay way, the week is more balanced and you are running it across 7 days, not 6 and you won't have as many 90+ minute days.
3. With the plan overall, you have moved the long run up to Saturday which is fine but you haven't moved the Wednesday workout or medium easy up a day to compensate for the closer long run. If you want to keep the long run on Saturday, move everything else up a day too so the week starts on Sunday.
4. You are tired and dreaming of Ice cream:pac: Sure fire sign that you aren't getting enough good carbs in. With the amount of training you are doing, it makes a huge difference to just how much you need to eat to support that volume of activity. I have a feeling you aren't eating enough
So in conclusion.
More cutback weeks like the plan has built in
Better spread of volume to low or off days rather than adding to big and higher intensity days
Move the whole plan forward a day to compensate for the long run being on Saturday
Look after your dietary intake
And for god sake, look after yourself!0 -
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