Saturday, 16 February 2008

2nd-8th

saterday - 3011m......10 min 30sec (race)

30 seconds behnd hawkins, was a good race for half of it as i was quite close to hawkins but the last 3mins i slowed down quite a bit

Sunday- 3hr cycle ride with alex H.

Ave 138
max 165

quads achd, like a burning sesnastion as soon as i finished and lasted for a an hour afterwads

Monday- 15min Fast crusing pace, was comftable for all of it and techinique felt like it was improving

Tuesday- 16xlength of park


...........141.....145.....149....152......159.....146......147.....148.....149.....152
89.......106.....98.....111......93......114......104.....114......102.....114.....94
167.....174.....172.....176.....173.....176......176......175.....175......177.....174


154.....143.....156....152.....159
111.......93.....113.....95.......120
179.....176.....177.....174.....181

running on the grass and it felt good, i was closer too alex h than i normally am on the track and on some occasions i was right behind him but i dont know how hard he was running

wednesday- 55min.....ave 149......Fin 155

was really pleasedd with this run everything felt good and it is the same route that i normally did and the first time i did this circuit i ran it in 67min

Thursday- rest was feeling quite tired and wanted to r4ecover in time for the race on saterday

friday rest

Friday, 1 February 2008

26th-1st

Saterday- Parliment Hill 35.00min

tough race, hilly and muddy, had a good sprint finish at the end and took 2places

Sunday- swimming 74lengths

Monday- Gym Cycling

5mins at L 5,6,7,8,9,

3min at L10, rec 2min at L10 rec, 1min at L11.........this was hard, heart shoot up to 164+

Tuesday- 6x3min/ 1.00min recovery- tred water

pretty tough but after the 6th rep i was feeling good

wednesday- 34min Gym Bike

23min L8- 136HR
5min L9- 150HR
1min L8- 140HR
3min L10-167 HR

4x30 reps of 70Kg squats.......ful squats, was pretty hard, i rekon i could have done more sets but not many more reps by the last set

Thursday- late night on wednesday so had a rest, was t tierd to do anything, had tried to do extra on wednesday to make up for this days rest

Friday- rest

Friday, 25 January 2008

19th-25th

Saterday- Surrey Schools- came 15th

do not know what time lost my watch, beat tom heart who beat me th weak before, still quite far begind the leaders but the run felt better than last week, was not slowing down on the hills

Sunday, Monday- Rest- ankles were hurting and was also feeling very tired on the monday

Tuesday- 8x200m on grass

felt ok, didnt pull away as fast as i would have liked from alex h, was muddy and could feel my quads working

wednesday- an for 15min, stopping starting, my ankles were in a lot of pain, my left calf felt like it was almos in cramp but when i stretched it it made no diffrence, left leg was also very tender on the out side of the leg just above the bumb in the ankle. this may be becase the calf has tightned up angain and i am stretching it quite abit

Thursday- Road run

.............3..03.....3.09.....2.17
2.03.....3.14.....2.42.....3.31

ran fast and hard, cross country pace, tried strentching out and extending

ran untill i felt i was in a good deal of stress and just before i was slowing down, was quite tired at the ed but was not sure if i should have doen any more as i have a hard cross country on Saterday 26th

Friday rest

Friday, 18 January 2008

12th-18th

Saterday- Richmand Park, Sceane Gate 5miles

32.17min....can see improvments from last week, went of quite fast at the begginging and kept up ok untill the hill, however i think i could have kept going but i had quite alot of flem in my throught and it put me of a little

Sunday- 107min.... Ave 144.....Fin 154

3-123

my ankles ached for the first hour but afterwads was ok

Monday-
Morning- circuits (38)

2x 10min threshold running
..........5
.........120
10......10
177.....179

1-141
2-123

left calf was really aching, alomost felt luike cramp but wasnt stopping me running, only really effected me on the warm down

Tuesday, 6x1000m steeplechase

..........2.29....2.31...2.27....2.35....2.32
..........147.....150.....146.....155....148
4.23...4.34....4.30...4.31...4.31....4.32
175.....173.....176.....175.....177.....184

Wednesday- 59.07..........Fin 159.....ave 149.....max 160

1-124
2-114

Thursday- Nescot Road Run... 28min

Fin 180....Ave 159....Ave rep 169-179.....max 185

felt quite sloppy when running fast as my ankles were acking again espacially at the begining and on the warm down

Friday, 11 January 2008

5th-11th

Saterday- Surreys- Lloyd Park- 6.5km

27.07

First lap was ok and was feeling quite strong, was in he leading group, but i died on the sencond as soon as i reached the hill, slowed right down and then did not recover on the flat.

Sunday- 101min- box hill

Fin 143....Ave 143...Max 164

1-110
2-117

couple of long hills brought my heart rate quite high at a very slow pace.

Monday- 39.40.......Fin 170.....Ave 161.....Max 171

1- 136
2- 127

Recovering better after my cold, complted the course , about a min slower than my best i think

Tuesday- 17x400m

............44.......68.......60......64......54.......48......61......52
...........157.....149.....154.....160.....157.....167.....156.....165
.86.......87......93......88.......94......91........98......94.......101
168.....176.....175.....179.....178.....183.....180.....179.....178

.53.......56......47......71.......64........67.......69......47
158.....164.....164...151.....150.....146.....142....156
102....102....102.....79.......86.......90......103.....93
177.....177.....175.....167.....177.....181.....181.....179

on the 16th rep i ran 450m as i didnt feel that i had gone far into stress, the last rep i think i was in the red box, was still running comfatabley but could feel me working a bit harder so decided to stop

Wednesday- Morning- Cicuits, 20-36, took me about an hour, is whole body work

Evening- 61.14.....Fin 156.....Ave 151.....Max 159

1-127
2-116

legs felt quite tired tobegin with byt got easier as it went along

Thursday- 20x150m- 17.34min

Fin 185.....Ave 177.....Max 186

Ave rep- 28sec-30sec
ave HR- 177- 184

proabably went of to fast at the begining, tried t keep up with hawkins, however it never felt uncomfatble

Saturday, 15 December 2007

8th-14th

Saterday- 900m?? round park

...........2.07..2.39.....4.29...4.45
...........137....138.....136.....138
3.23....3.33...3.28....3.36....1
179.....188.....191.....191.....178


windy, muddy and rain

Sunday- 63min Ave 135......Max 153

had a late night so was really tired

Monday- 2x10min

10min- fin 176.....Ave 170
5min Rec- .118....Ave 128
10min- Fin 180...Ave 172

really good run and felt like i was driving well

Tuesday- 20x 1min walk/jog recovery (30 sec)

............30.......30......30......30.......30......30.......30
...........150.....156.....160.....163.....166.....167.....169
1...........1..........1........1.........1..........1........1.......1
161.....167.....172....173.....178.....176.....180......176

30.....30.......30.......30.......30......30.......30.....30
166....167.....169.....165.....168.....170.....171.....171
1.........1...........1.........1..........1........1.......1.........1
174 .....178.....176.....176.....177.....179.....180.....176

30........30.......30.......30
170.....173......175.....175
1..........1............1.........1
180......182.....182.....183

1-153
2-130


good session, didnt feel like running on track so did session on road. tried getting in the red box for last 4

wednesday- vistited loughborough uni, did not have time to run

Thursday- had planned a session up on the downs. woke up and my heart rate was 10beats higher than what i would expect. by mid day my throat had swollen.

Friday- throat remined swollen.

Thursday, 6 December 2007

1st-7th

Saterday- 5k time trail- bansted woods

18.30....ran of to fast at the beggining but could never maintain it and faded, quads lacked drive

Sunday- 105min......ave 142.....Fin 154....max 155

1-121
2-116

Monday- 37.30.....fin 166...Ave 159....max 169

1-127
2-117

Tuesday- 6x1000m, steeple chase

..........2.35....3.09...2.35...2.19....2.23
..........147.....137.....137.....158.....158
4.13...4.15....4.17....4.18....4.25...4.34
171.....179.....174.....175.....178.....180

was ok session, tried alternting jumping leg, found it difficult to jump of left leg, however did manage to do it after several attempts, had do run back and try several times

wednesday- 63.35.....Fin 156.....Ave 150.....Max 160

1-120
2-118

good run kept it relentless and at some tempo, however do find this pace the hardest, find it hard to get into a rythem.

Thurday- 1,2,3 x3

..........30......1.......1.30.....30.......1.......1.30.....30........1
.........158.....154.......152.....163.....153.....151.....167.....149
...1.......2......3........1.......2.........3........1...........2.........3
165.....173.....175.....170.....174.....179.....174.....176.....182

weird session, ran it with alex hawens and talked all the way, did feel out of breath but it wasnt complty forced out, copuld still speak relativly easy.

friday- rest