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Training, Week Five, Run 2… (Chalk and Cheese)
Normally towards the end of a run I find a little something for a sprint finish, today I barely manage to lift my head to acknowledge the run was over… Today’s run target 8km – Actual run 8km – 49:05...
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Training, Week Six, Run 1… (Caught up, just!)
Today I managed to catch up to where I should be on my training schedule. Hopefully I will be able to run three days in a row tomorrow and keep caught up! Today’s run was a 4 miler (6.4 km) half the...
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Training, Week Six, Run 2… (Three in a row and a PB!!)
Today’s run was the third run on consecutive days necessitated by a stag do that momentarily disrupted the schedule; I set out for my 6 mile (9.6km) not expecting too much. My first km was 5 minutes...
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Training, Week Six, Run 3
I completed this run last night and in doing so ran 26 miles in the last 6 days! Yesterday was quite a hot day, even at 7:30pm when I went out to run the sun was still quite high as was the...
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Training, Week Seven, Run 1
This run was a tough one. On completion it meant that in the last 7 days I had covered 30 miles. I did this run a day early as this week is another hectic week. A fortnight ago was the infamous stag...
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Training, Week Seven, Run 2 (So close but yet, so far…)
Felt really up for today’s run. Had a nice bowl of porridge early to set me up and an espresso about 20 minutes before for a boost and then set off. Today’s target was a 6 mile run, but I usually...
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Training, Week Seven, Run 3 – PB!
Really hot today, but a busy weekend left me no time for my long run so it had to be today to avoid getting behind in my race training schedule! I knew this one would be quite tough, 9 miles (14.4km),...
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Training, Week Eight, Run 1 – It can’t always be a PB!
Set out today at around 10ish, weather was cooler than recently which I think helped my time. Started very quick for me, my first KM might even have been my fastest KM. SPLITS KM 1: 4:30 – my fastest...
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Training, Week Eight, Run 2
It’s hot today, really bright, really sunny! I normally split my 10km runs half on the street and half as laps around the university lake; today as the weather was so nice I did mainly laps! Not sure...
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Training, Week Eight, Run 3
I approached this run with mixed feelings, whilst I wanted to go for a run, 10 miles was a little daunting given the amount of sleep from previous nights! Anyway, I set off at 16:00 so that I could get...
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Training, Week Nine, Run 1 (Another Personal Best!)
Todays’ run was meant to be a 4 miler (6.4km), but I stopped short of that, the first time I have deviated from the distance specified by my training schedule. I don’t feel too bad, there have been...
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Training, Week Nine, Run 2 (10K target reached!)
In my previous post I mentioned that my 5k target time is 25:00, similarly I have had a 10k target time of 55:00 for a long time. Todays run went really well, not sure why, didn’t have a great amount...
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Training, Week Nine, Run 3? (The non-run)
This weekend was supposed to be a 10 miler – we were however away all weekend for a wedding! I was best man, my wife was bridesmaid and my little boy was page boy, so as you can imagine a very busy...
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Training, Week 10, Run 1 (Personal bests)
Today was the first run after the wedding at the weekend, I wasn’t expecting to do very well due to the cigars, but they don’t seem to have caused a big problem… Target run today, 4 miles (6.4km)...
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Training, Week 10, Run 2 (Tough 10K)
I think that this run was probably the toughest yet to complete. Unsure why, my previous 10km run was a personal best; physically I didn’t really feel up for it, a long night an early morning and the...
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Training, Week 10, Run 3 (Back on form)
I approached this run with a little trepidation. My last run was pretty much a complete disaster and this one was 6km further! This time however I wasn’t quite as tired and I had only eaten breakfast...
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Training, Week 11, Run 1 (Not fast, not slow)
Sometimes my runs feel pretty slow even if they are not actual that bad, today’s was one of those. My quads still felt heavy and tight from Sunday’s 10 miler and for the first two kilometres I felt...
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Training, Week 12, Run 1 (Back to it)
Anyone who follows this blog might have noted a hiatus in my posts for week eleven. Last week was busy, I was tired; I had late nights (work), early mornings (Edward). I think I got around 50 hours...
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Training, Week 12, Run 2 (When you’re running, keep your mind on the run!!!)
Today I learned an important lesson, keep your mind on the run you are actually running and don’t think about the next one! This is a busy week for me and my wife and in between work and appointments,...
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Training, Week 12, Run 3 ([Insert cliche about not planning ahead here])
Today’s run was the culmination of severely poor planning on my part! This week the number of runs in the training schedule has jumped from 3 to 4 meaning that planning ahead is even more essential....
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