Sunday 27th March 2011

My run today was just over 16 miles, tappering off the long runs now leading up to the marathon. My miCoach wanted me to do a 10 minute yellow zone near the end of the run (yellow zone 07:05 - 05:34 min/mi) but this was too much up those hills lol, see run results .

Sunday 20th March 2011

Todays run was just over 23 miles and quite an undulating route. I tried a new type of carb gel on this run as the liquid type I used on my last marathon made me feel sick, this carb gel is like blocks of jelly called Shot Bloks by Clif , they come in mountin berry or strawberry. Those are the basic ones, they have more flavours but have added caffine. You're supposed to take 3 blocks every hour, I took my first blok at 6 miles and one every 20 mins. It was a total supprise to me, there almost seemed to be an instant reaction, I could feel the extra energy, no doubt about it ! I glided round the route and even managed a sprint finish down my road !

Take a look at my 23 mile run stats

Fartlek Run

Yesterday was a hard fartlek session. The weather wasn't very nice, head wind and very cold.

I ran a 7.5 mile course, 15 minute warm up, 30 minutes of alternating 1 minute marathon pace and 1 minute faster pace finishing off with a 15 minute warm down.

This is supposed to help me with my speed and endurance.

22 Mile Long Run

A long run of 22 miles today, running time 3hrs. I started feeling it becoming hard work about the 14 mile stage today and then from 20 miles it became a big challenge. Partly my fault as I took up a fast pace from the start and should have built up gradually....

Not a bad finish time of 3hrs though.

If you want to see my stats click here.....

20 Mile Run

Sunday 20th February 2011

The weather was ideal again, cool and a little damp in the air.

I started with 30 mins warm up as part of the 20 miles then cruised at my marathon pace until the last 10 mins when I slowed down for my warm down. 2:47:13 wasn't too bad as I know that I could knock a good 15 mins off of that time allowing for warm up / warm down and the course I ran was very undulating.

Click here if you'd like to see my recorded stats for that run