Who's ready for my week 5 recap for this week? This weeks training went well, I'm happy with how training is going at the moment and I'm feeling a lot happier with running and training than I did the last time I was training for a half marathon. Let me tell you what happened this week! :)

Week 5 Training Schedule

Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Scheduled Swim 3 Miles 4 Miles Rest/CT 3 Miles Rest/CT 8 Miles

What I Did Swimming 3 Miles 4 Miles Biking- 10.13 miles 2 Miles Biking - 15.33 miles 8 miles

It has been a good week for running this week - the beginning of the week was great. I seem to have gotten naturally faster without actually trying. Previously, my easy pace would be around 11-11:30 min/mi with my pace runs being around  10:15-10:30 min/mi.

Since the Newham 10k race the week before, I've found that I seem to be faster. I'm comfortably managing around 10:30 min miles and can keep that pace over quite a few miles as I found out on my long run this weekend.

Considering I'm not doing any speed training during my half marathon training, I'd say all seems to be going very well!

On Friday, I was just having one of those off days,my only off day so far in 5 weeks of training which is OK in my books. My stomach felt off and the run felt off so I just stopped early rather than ruining the mood.

My long run this past Sunday went really well! I've been taking Curranz Capsules the last couple of weeks for my long runs, without going into too much detail(i'll save that for a blog post), they're a supplement that you take that helps to improve performance and recovery. A lot of people recommend them for events and such - I've found that they work for my training, I feel like I have a tonne more energy, I don't feel lethargic/legs don't feel heavy during my run and my recovery time and muscle soreness has been significantly reduced.

Whilst I was out for my long run I also took out a hydration pack that I received courtesy of Trespass. It's really lightweight, it doesn't dig in and allows me to stay hydrated during my long runs - I'm probably going to use it for the Great North Run too so I can avoid the water stations(they usually cause me to stop and walk and if I want a good time, I don't want to have to stop!)
All in all it's been a great this week for training, I'm hoping it continues! :)

Week 6 Training Schedule

Training looks much the same as last week, so there shouldn't be any problems. Phillip's mum has invited me to come running with her mid week but it's longer than my usual run - so I'm undecided on whether or not I will do a longer run or just stick to training.

This weekend, me and Phillip are travelling up to see my parents for the weekend so my Sunday run will be done whilst I'm there. Since I don't have a 5k race planned, I'm either going to sub it for a longer run(there are lots of hills where my parents live so some hill training wont go a miss) OR I might see where the local park run is located and I might do my first Park Run!

I've not decided, but you'll know soon enough ;)