It's been over two weeks since my last post but I have been running, if a little sporadically. Here is a quick update on the runs I've been doing over the past two weeks.
On the 16th I went for a lovely little ramble around the two for my last big run before the marathon. It was a nice relaxing half and I felt great after it. A good time for me also, an unofficial PR.
On the 21st I ran a nice tempo 5km run around a local track and then did 10 minutes on the bike in the local gym and another 10 minutes on the elliptic trainer. I'm taking it really easy in the final few weeks as the Achilles are OK now but still I want to go easy on them before the big day to make sure I don't tweak anything.
And on the 24th it was the last long run before the Dublin City Marathon a nice 15km run that again was fast for me but felt good. It feels like I am as ready as I'm going to be for this run... Bring it on.
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
First Tempo Run
7th October
I bought a book called Run Less Run Faster. It has been a great read so far. It put forward plans for running 3 times a week with 2 cross training activities also and states that this will improve you overall fitness and in turn you finish times, while reducing the risk of injury.
This seemed like the book for me given my injuries lately. I'm just going to use some of it now but will put it completely into practice after the marathon and see where it gets me. I decided to go on a tempo run and as I didn't have any 5km race to inform the pace I should run at I assume my 5km pace would be at around 24 minutes and ran my tempo according to that pace. 2km slow warm up, 5km tempo and a 1km slow cool down. All in all it was a lovely run and even better was that my legs are still responding well. Not long to go now. 2 more runs to fill you in on but I'll do that tomorrow.
I bought a book called Run Less Run Faster. It has been a great read so far. It put forward plans for running 3 times a week with 2 cross training activities also and states that this will improve you overall fitness and in turn you finish times, while reducing the risk of injury.
This seemed like the book for me given my injuries lately. I'm just going to use some of it now but will put it completely into practice after the marathon and see where it gets me. I decided to go on a tempo run and as I didn't have any 5km race to inform the pace I should run at I assume my 5km pace would be at around 24 minutes and ran my tempo according to that pace. 2km slow warm up, 5km tempo and a 1km slow cool down. All in all it was a lovely run and even better was that my legs are still responding well. Not long to go now. 2 more runs to fill you in on but I'll do that tomorrow.
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