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Me!
After the Brighton Marathon 2010

Wednesday 21 March 2012

Poweeeeerrrrrrrrrrr!!!

25 minutes maximum effort by leecolgate at Garmin Connect - Details

Beautiful morning, stunningly successful run.  SUB BLOODY 8 BLOODY MINUTE MILING.  For me, this is a massive step forward.  I think helped greatly by obsessive stretching every day and the foam roller.  However undignified, uncomfortable and generally 'un' the damned thing is, it's definitely got rid of a few kinks and probably-years-old strains and scars.

I was on such a high after this session, and it hasn't worn off all day where usually I slump a bit after lunch having done one of these early sessions.  I think the 2 days off after Sunday's session probably helped, too, although that has become an established pattern of late so it can't have been the only factor in this improvement.  With this in mind, I am trying to replan the next few weeks to remove any Saturday runs.  Given there's only 3 weeks left, that shouldn't be too hard!

It has presented me with a little issue that there are only 3 weeks left, however.  I was planning to add 2 miles each Sunday, this week and next, to achieve the 20 miles that from past experience, and many conversations on the Facebook group for the Brighton Marathon, I think I need under my belt before attempting the 26.2.  But I don't have 2 more mammoth sessions left!  This week's is to be the last, after which I begin to 'taper' and try to store some sort of energy thing in my muscles by loading up on carbs.  So I have programmed my GPS for 20 miles this Sunday, but am not 100% sure I'll do them all.  Even if not, other people on Facebook are now chiming in to say a high teens miler before the big day will be more than enough to get me through the full distance, factoring in competitiveness and crowd surfing on the day.  I certainly hope they're being truthful and not just trying to calm down those of us who feel a little behind.  Or, indeed, themselves.

Updated Training Plan

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