February 6th
Feb0720129:48 p.m.
In my rational mind training is going well. I did 16.25 miles in 2 hrs 40 on Sunday, this is bang on my original target time of 4 hrs 20
However, I am becoming obsessed with pace. I analyse every mile after a run and for example am not pleased with Sunday's run as the first 7 miles were all under 9mins 30 & the rest slower. When i am thinking straight I can appreciate that the fact that a lazy arse like me ran 16.25 miles is pretty amazing but i don't always think straight.
The yellow runs are driving me mad. My marathon pace is green & I can run this pretty comfortably and I understand and appreciate that the yellow runs are there to raise my green pace (which is what i want to do) but i still find it ridiculously hard to stick to this faster time, so much so that I'm thinking of ditching them as I really don't want to go out if yellow is involved.
On my long runs, my breathing & chest are fine to the end, but my actual legs, calves, are hurting. Would a massage help ???
I've been trying gels etc during the long runs, apart from actually getting into them, they seem to be helping with much needed energy boosts. I still need to work on food timings midweek.
One thing I am looking forward to is London being relatively flay ( it is , isn't it ?) Wales isn't flat, I climbed 728 feet on Sunday!
Sunday, was 2 years since Lauren Brown passed away. Some of you will remember I've picked Clic Sargent to support because of Lauren . It's hard work this running lark, but in the grand scheme of things it's nothing is it
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Comments (5)
Petecw29 'Great running Amanda, if you're starting out at sub 9:30 then getting slower why not try starting nearer 9:45-10:00 pace for first seven then see if you can maintain it or even speed up if you're feeling good? ' added 8th Feb 2012
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Johnf 'Agree that is good running, great progress and yes London is flat.' added 8th Feb 2012
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Rob_Barber 'Got to factor in these hills amanda, they will make a difference to your pace, just a guess, but is most of your climbing after that first 7 miles? You're going great! London is really flat compared to the running round our part of the world, and you'll enjoy breezing up the slight slopes that others puff and pant their way up grumbling about the "hills" :-)' added 8th Feb 2012
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amandaflowers 'thanks for the encouraging replies - Pete - I'm not trying to run quicker to start with, so I guess I'll have to make more of an effort to slow down Rob -The huge hill is about 8 miles, a couple of smaller hills at the start and then at about 2.5 miles. I guess the huge hill at 8 miles ( in between Rossett & Llay - do you know it?) , is taking too much out of me - but youre right - you cant really go anywhere our way without an incline or 2 ! Any opinion on sore calves & massage ??' added 8th Feb 2012
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shazzer 'Great to hear how well your training is going Amanda. You are steaming along. I did not realise you live close to my part of the world and know the hill between Rossett and Llay. When I trained for the marathon last time - it was nightmare doing my long runs locally, I just could not cope with the hills. Once I realised how flat London is - I do all my LSRs on the flat now - and drive to Queensferry and get on the lovely flat cycle routes!! Also I had a massage last week and it hurt quite a lot but really helped my calves and loosened those knots in there. I would definitely give it a go. ' added 10th Feb 2012
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