This week was week 3 of the block so big was always on the cards, but the old body didn't let me run as fast as I had planned...
Monday's 10km run up to the Block house had gone off without a hitch and the week was started.
Tuesday had 6-8 x 1000m with 60 sec rest on the cards, well even before we started I had changed the rest back to last weeks 90sec. (OK we had a couple of new guys joining us and I didn't want to kill them on their first session.) Without Nelson there to set the pace out front it was me taking the boys out and I was not firing on all cylinders. After 4 I called it quits and took the new guys back to the club leaving the others to finish the session.
Wednesday was the wife's birthday so like any good man I took the day off work to spend the day with her. (This did mean I could run 20km in the morning...)
Thursday Hills, and hills it was 10 x Rhodes Mem hills. The times are slower than 10 years ago but I can still run 10 without getting slower...
They look good don't they...
They look good don't they...Friday: REST nice...
Saturday, afternoon cross country. But it was only a league so I ran 16km in the morning... Enjoyed the CC- 3 loops and I got stronger and stronger as the race went on running down most of the guys. (don't know where I finished in the 40+)
Sunday long run... it wasn't really long, just short of 2 hours. I ran from home up the mountain:
VIEW FROM THE TOP
Yes, I'm a little shattered....
That said I had a great run along the top and down...
I've asked you this before, but I forget. What pace do you run your 1000s at??
ReplyDeleteWow! Just... Wow! Sometimes that's all I can say about you.
ReplyDelete5km pace is the short answer, which should be 3:20 but I like to beat the boys so I normally run them a little quicker...
ReplyDeleteIf I was training for a road marathon and was wanting to get to 8-10 x 1000m I would ensure that I stuck to the pace.
How do you get 62 miles a week in without the rest of your life falling apart? You gotta do a time management post that includes full time work, a household, husband and two small children! And I gotta give 100% to all of them cuz I'm crazy about all of them.
ReplyDeleteI had to take yesterday off just to get my kitchen scrubbed down! I ran three days in a row and the whole house is tumbling down!
Good Question, but it has an easy answer, I'm the coach at the university here, so I have to be at training Monday to Thursday 17h30 till about 19h00. So running in the week is easy. I work a proper job from 07h30 till 16h00 and am home by 16h30 to spend 30min with Wife and dogs (children). Now if I'm training hard and planning on going big at a race I might be up at 05h00 to put in a morning run as well!!!
ReplyDeleteNow weekends are were I go big... Dawn (my lovely wife) also runs so spending 2-3 hours out on the road or mountain doesn't mean I am spending time away from her as she is also running (or walking the dogs). Sunday, church only starts at 10h00 so there is always time to get in more miles...
we both get cranky if we don't run so run we do...