Tag Archives: half marathon training
Its all about the pace
My success with VLM this year (by success I mean I enjoyed the marathon, avoided the wall and got to the end without hating everystep!) came about largely to me controlling the pace. With the GWR (Great West Run) looming … Continue reading
Done
Yesterday I did my last run before this Sundays Cardiff Half Marathon. The training plan wants me to do ‘3 miles in race kit’ on Saturday this will not be happening! Now looking at the training plan, have I done … Continue reading
Banishing the Demons
With a week to go to Cardiff Half Marathon the Demons have starting to raise their ugly heads. I have three with me constantly Self Doubting Demon– Self explanatory this one. It’s the one that says Can I? Will I? … Continue reading
Where is the REST
With two weeks to go till the Cardiff half marathon the panic is starting to set in, not helped by my training plan reading like this, this past week….. Monday- 5m off road easy Tuesday-6m steady including bursts up hill … Continue reading
Portugal Day 8 and 9 (Friday and Saturday)
This is a catch up post, sorry for the delay, but I gave up with the battle with technology at the campsite! Too much stress when on holiday After a windy night in the caravan, when I would not have … Continue reading
Tapering
Tapering is meant to be ‘the practice of reducing exercise in the days just before an important competition’ (thanks Wikipedia) and nothing to do with this unless you are Phil and can’t spell (if there is one thing I know about Phil it … Continue reading
Club Runs
Monday and Wednesday nights are club runs nights. During the winter these used to be around town, up and down hills, round the housing estates. Things changed after the clocks sprang forward. Now we meet at a disclosed location out-of-town … Continue reading
Killerton parkrun x 4
Sunday is LSR day, but tomorrow I will be at an athletic track with Madam for most of the day so the LSR will not happen. Time for the flexible plan. LSR moved to today. 14 miles covered by Parkrun … Continue reading
Mid Week Break-part one….
The running bit Monday morning Madam and I got on a train to Teddington to spend a couple of days with my friend. (For those of you not in the know Teddington is in the London Borough of Richmond upon … Continue reading
Glamorous
Sometimes my life is just so glamorous. This morning I discovered the cat had been sick in the living room, I set about cleaning this up, just as I was about to sit down and have my morning cuppa I … Continue reading
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