Slightly better today, but I still didn't achieve exactly what I set out to achieve so I don't feel particularly pleased although I'm trying not to bathe in self-pity like I was the other day.
I'm now attempting these speedwork sessions that the man with a plan has fixed me up with, and the main thing they've taught me so far is just how very comfortably indeed I've been wallowing around in my comfort zone, for God knows how long. I've got myself to a point where I can run indefinitely at a very slow pace, and my idea of improvement up until the last few days, was adding an extra mile or two to my endurance levels. I thought that by running longer, it meant that I was getting fitter. I'm sure it probably does, on some levels. But the marathon is over now, and I always said that after it was done, I wanted to concentrate on getting faster over shorter distances. I think I just said this without really realising what it actually meant. The only way to become a faster runner, is to practise running faster. And when I try and do this for any prolonged amount of time (and even 1 minute feels like a prolonged amount of time at the moment) it becomes blatantly obvious that I have not been pushing myself one iota over the last few months. I reached a level where I knew I would make it round the marathon, and stuck with it. That's ok. I'm not unhappy about that. But now I feel like I'm starting again from scratch. Today, I ran for an hour, and at the end of the session, I was drenched in sweat. Soaked. That hasn't happened for a very long time. At the end of the session, my lungs were on fire and the centre of my chest felt raspy and sore as I breathed in and out. My heart was pounding, my head was spinning and I felt sick. I wasn't even going FAST! Just faster than I'm used to. I think it's going to be a long old struggle this. But that's OK!
10 minutes cross trainer
1 x hour treadmill:
20 mins run starting at 8kph rising to 10kph, then -
2 x 200 metres at 8.43 min mile pace with 200m recovery jogs in between
1 x 400 metres at 8.45 min mile pace with 400m recovery.
Repeat x 3. Except during the third set the recovery jog became a brisk walk I'm afraid to say.
Gentle-ish jog to make up an hour... total distance 7.74km.
20 mins power plate.
I'm now attempting these speedwork sessions that the man with a plan has fixed me up with, and the main thing they've taught me so far is just how very comfortably indeed I've been wallowing around in my comfort zone, for God knows how long. I've got myself to a point where I can run indefinitely at a very slow pace, and my idea of improvement up until the last few days, was adding an extra mile or two to my endurance levels. I thought that by running longer, it meant that I was getting fitter. I'm sure it probably does, on some levels. But the marathon is over now, and I always said that after it was done, I wanted to concentrate on getting faster over shorter distances. I think I just said this without really realising what it actually meant. The only way to become a faster runner, is to practise running faster. And when I try and do this for any prolonged amount of time (and even 1 minute feels like a prolonged amount of time at the moment) it becomes blatantly obvious that I have not been pushing myself one iota over the last few months. I reached a level where I knew I would make it round the marathon, and stuck with it. That's ok. I'm not unhappy about that. But now I feel like I'm starting again from scratch. Today, I ran for an hour, and at the end of the session, I was drenched in sweat. Soaked. That hasn't happened for a very long time. At the end of the session, my lungs were on fire and the centre of my chest felt raspy and sore as I breathed in and out. My heart was pounding, my head was spinning and I felt sick. I wasn't even going FAST! Just faster than I'm used to. I think it's going to be a long old struggle this. But that's OK!
10 minutes cross trainer
1 x hour treadmill:
20 mins run starting at 8kph rising to 10kph, then -
2 x 200 metres at 8.43 min mile pace with 200m recovery jogs in between
1 x 400 metres at 8.45 min mile pace with 400m recovery.
Repeat x 3. Except during the third set the recovery jog became a brisk walk I'm afraid to say.
Gentle-ish jog to make up an hour... total distance 7.74km.
20 mins power plate.
posted by Rab at 3:02 PM
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Oh muppet. So that's why you drive a big, fast yellow car.
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