Training Diary // Run Hackney 2016 // Week 2 Recap
4/11/2016
Week 2 Training Schedule
| Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday | Scheduled
Swim
2-3 miles easy
TempoRest/CT Intervals and/or Swim Rest 9 Miles | What I Did Swim Rest 5 Miles Rest Rest Rest 9 Miles |
Monday is never a run day as I've done a long run the previous day and Tuesday is usually a no-go for me in the morning as P's mum works nights and is usually sleeping in the morning so I cant have a shower. I was going to do a run on Tuesday Eve but ended up being stuck in a work meeting for over 2 hours! By the time I finally got home, I was starving, had food and it was too late to go out.
I went out with P's mum on Weds, we did 5 miles. Most of it was off-road so was a little slower than normal but my last mile was actually my fastest mile of them all at 10 min/mi so I'm extremely happy about that! Even if my foot was feeling a little twingey.
Finally, I did 9 miles on Sunday - which definitely was not the most pleasant of runs by far! We had a couple of errands to run in the morning so I left my run till later in the afternoon... 3 PM! It was still fairly warm out. I took a water bottle with me which was MOST annoying(I need a small hydration pack). I dropped the bottle off at 3 miles, ran 3 miles without it and picked it up towards the end.
For the last 2 or so miles, the wind was pretty nasty, my legs were starting to hurt and so was the arch of my foot. I ended up averaging about 10:30 min/mile. I explained on Instagram that I only need to run a smidge faster than this in order to get a PB.
Week 3 Training Schedule
I went out with P's mum on Weds, we did 5 miles. Most of it was off-road so was a little slower than normal but my last mile was actually my fastest mile of them all at 10 min/mi so I'm extremely happy about that! Even if my foot was feeling a little twingey.
Finally, I did 9 miles on Sunday - which definitely was not the most pleasant of runs by far! We had a couple of errands to run in the morning so I left my run till later in the afternoon... 3 PM! It was still fairly warm out. I took a water bottle with me which was MOST annoying(I need a small hydration pack). I dropped the bottle off at 3 miles, ran 3 miles without it and picked it up towards the end.
For the last 2 or so miles, the wind was pretty nasty, my legs were starting to hurt and so was the arch of my foot. I ended up averaging about 10:30 min/mile. I explained on Instagram that I only need to run a smidge faster than this in order to get a PB.
Week 3 Training Schedule
| Day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday | Scheduled Swim Intervals/Tempo 2-3 miles Cross Train Swim and/or Interval/Tempo Rest 10 Miles |
Slight change from last week. Since I managed to not do an interval run last week, I want to try and make the most of the last few weeks of training and get in some good runs.
After talking to a couple of people about Interval runs, I'm gonna take it easy to start with and just do 20 minutes of 1 minute sprint/1 min rest. I'm guessing that the rest will probably be more than this, but I do want to make sure that my rest is a slow job rather than walking if possible!
I've got intervals/tempo twice, I'll pick whichever is suitable to do either and then do the one I haven't on the next day.
Phillip has asked if I want to go to Graffham Water this weekend and run round there for 10 miles - whilst I'm apprehensive as it's horribly hilly(I walked all 10 miles last summer), I think it would be a good change of scenery. So unless it's lashing it down, we will probably head over there.
I'll be restarting workouts this week too - so they should fit in between my run days. Please.. lets have a week that actually goes as planned for once!
Question: Do you run with a water bottle? hide the bottle on your run? Anyone have recommendations on hydration packs or belts?
After talking to a couple of people about Interval runs, I'm gonna take it easy to start with and just do 20 minutes of 1 minute sprint/1 min rest. I'm guessing that the rest will probably be more than this, but I do want to make sure that my rest is a slow job rather than walking if possible!
I've got intervals/tempo twice, I'll pick whichever is suitable to do either and then do the one I haven't on the next day.
Phillip has asked if I want to go to Graffham Water this weekend and run round there for 10 miles - whilst I'm apprehensive as it's horribly hilly(I walked all 10 miles last summer), I think it would be a good change of scenery. So unless it's lashing it down, we will probably head over there.
I'll be restarting workouts this week too - so they should fit in between my run days. Please.. lets have a week that actually goes as planned for once!
Question: Do you run with a water bottle? hide the bottle on your run? Anyone have recommendations on hydration packs or belts?
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