Thursday, 8 May 2008

3rd-9th

Saterday- Parliment hill

800m= 2.02.8...........First lap 61
run by myself all the way, hamstrings felt quite tight after the race

1500m= 4.22
tactical race, ran behind the frnt leader who was running 70 second laps so was quite easy- first 800m=2.22. with 450m left i sprinted away quite easily

400m- 54.8- easy- crusing pace, no compettion

Sunday- 42.12.....Ave 165.....Fin 183..... Max 184

1-143
2-129

best run of these so far, was running fast with a fairly low heart rate, also did not stop onece

however breathing did feel hard and my legs got quite tired after 30min

Monday- 2x3x50m

1)3.34...........Fin 145
.............................................3..........Fin 120.....Ave 114
2)2.39...........Fin 149

1-113
2-102

Tuesday- 8x150

1) 20.2...................4.42.....127
2) 20.2...................3.51.....129
3) 19.7...................4.13.....132
4) 19.5...................4.03.....130
5) 19.7...................4.03.....133
6) 19.0...................5.49.....129
7) 19.4...................4.06.....140
8) 18.9............................................50m on bend 100m stright
the rest was 100m bend 50m stright this felt quite hard to get top speed going round the bend

Wednesday- 3x3min 2min recovery- running in water

had left running to late and felt quite tired so didnt want to risk jarring my leg

i was short of breath and my right arm became tired very quickly

Thursday- 2x length of park (opposate)

1) 59.6
....................6.20......130
2) 61.4

1-146
2-128

was quite relaxed- ran fast for 2x30m in each rep
quite a positive run as looking bacik couple of months was running slower but flat out so am getting faster


this week i have had a cough...habve been feeling fine and not ill but have been coughing up a lot of mucus from my lungs which probably explains the shortness of breath

Thursday, 1 May 2008

26th-2nd

Saterday-
3x600m- 1.20-1.38= 188
2x400m- 63+ 58= 188
2x300m................ = 177+181
2x150m- 18+18=177


sorry lost all my times.... rember being quite pleased with the session
need a bit more ractice at this though as the first 3 reps i ran further each time


Sunday- 42min Fin 184.....Ave 169
1-150
2-131

think i was a bit dehyrdrated, went out in too many layrs but once i had taken them off i felt alt better

however before this the run was tough with my legs feeling very lazy and heavy and i had to stop on several occasions

Monday- 5x4x30m hill


1) 2.46.....Fin 145
.....................................4.00.....Fin 100
2) 3.09.....Fin 150
.....................................3.00.....Fin 111
3) 2.31.....Fin 156
.....................................3.00.....Fin 107
4) 2.22.....Fin 145
.....................................3.00.....Fin 108
5) 2.44.....Fin 153

1-113
2-103

seemed quite an easy session, quite tight in the hips so first 2reps did not feel great

Tuesday- 20x150m grass

............32.......38......35......32......34......36......29......41
...........155.....159.....163.....170.....171....173.....174.....172
.24......30......29......24......23......23......21......23......20
121.....156.....177.....167.....176.....179.....174.....181.....175

40......37......40......38......35......39......41......42......37
171.....175.....173.....176.....177.....178.....170.....176.....174
.22......22......21......22......22......21......22.......21......22
183.....181.....182.....183.....182.....180.....179.....182.....184

41......35
181....180
21......22
185....186

1-158
2-136

ran it on a grass with a slight hill going on the even reps with a 2stride steep hill
was chucking it down with rain so was no point doing a quility session
running is ok it is the recovery beteen reps which is difficult#

Wednesday- was feeling very tired and as worried might get ill so i was producing alot of green flem that morining

Thursday- 5x200m

...........5.09.....4.45.....6.19......6.32
............145.......141......135........146
25.8.....26.2.....26.6.....26.2......26.8

Ave HR= 175-183
1-152
2-132

really enjoyed it
am pleased at the consistancy and is a marked improvment from 2weeks ago as all 5 reps felt equall stress
was focusing on making a long stride and staying strong

Friday rest

Thursday, 24 April 2008

19th-25th

Saterday- 800m....2.03


lacked motivation due to late night- 57seconds first lap, quite supriesd by the time went flat 450m into the race but first lap felt relatiy strong


Sunday- still feeling demotivated from saterday but was also quite tierd still. managed 15mins but it wasnt feeling comfatable and my heart rate was rising quite quickly


Monday 2x3x50m uphill

1= 3.49.....Fin 163.......Ave 148
......................................................Rec= 5.10......Ave 117
3.12.......Fin 165..........Ave 122


the second set was alot better suddenly was running alot better and was getting to the top speed where as the first set was just fast.


Tuesday- 4x 300m


............7.36......9.13.....10.37
............138.......142.......141
38.0.....39.7.....40.5.....41.1


was fast crusing with a comftable sprint at the last 100m- was not flat out but it felt quite good, just hae to get the times more consistant


Wendesday- 15min Fin 187....Ave 175.....Max 191

1-159
2-136


ran the same distance as last week in 13.33- Fin 191


this week felt alot better, didnt go so hard and kept a constant pace which was relaxed but relativly fast... one of the better runs at this pace this year


Thursday- 2x10x150m uphill


.........2.00...1.57...2.00...2.14..2.02..2.42...2.20...2.03...2.14
..........119.....121....127....124....131....126.....127....127....129
.30.....30......31.......29......30.....29.....29......30.....30.....29
156....159....167....172....168....000....168....171....166....173


Recovery= 10.07.......Ave 123

.........2.11....2.11..2.18...2.16...2.15..2.15...2.17....2.16...2.18
..........127....133....132....134....131....128....132.....135....128
.31......30.....30......30.....30.....30......31......30.......31.....29
161....173....171....167....169....173....169....169....171....172

was a good session, the hill was quite step but i was stayed relaxed all the way and it was only really the last 3reps where i could feel my bodt working.

Friday, 18 April 2008

12th-18th

saterday- 3x opposite length of park

..........7.50....11.03
............145....142
.61........64......65
191......187.....184

quite dissapoitned with the session - first rep didnt feel as comftble as the other 2 an the last two felt faster than what it was..... the last rep i was determined to run under 64sec so was quite disapointed that i didnt.....felt light headed and little but ill after this one

sunday- 42.21.....Fin 187.....Ave 172.....Max 191

1-160
2-133

really enjoyedrunning this, was quite like a farlek session sprinted up the hills and then relaxed at the top of them slowing down quite a bit though

Monday- 3x7x30m up hill

1) 5.27.....Ave 149.....Fin 164

.............................................3.44rec....Ave 126.....Fin 131

2) 5.00....Ave 148.....Fin 154

..............................................3.17rec....Ave 130.....Fin 127

3) 5.35....Ave 150.....Fin 166

Tuesday- 4x200m

1-25.3
2-26.6
3-27.5
4-26.9

recovery was between 5-6min

felt relaxed for all the reps but the stopped at 4 reps as i didnt feel that i was going to run any better that day

wednesday- 15.00.....Ave 182......Fin 190.....Max 193

1-164
2-139

legs felt tired and i felt quite mentaly tierd had no motivation to push me any harder and my heart rate climbed quite quckly for the distance i ran, have ran same distance with lower heart rate before.

Thursday- was going to take a rest as the run on wednesday was not great but ended up going for a 2hr cycle ride with a friend.

friday rest

Friday, 11 April 2008

5th- 11th

Saterday, Sunday= ill

Monday- 25min slow recovery jog, easy pace couple of miles

Tuesday-39.10 min......Fin 155.....Ave 146

1- 129
very slow run and heart rate was particually high for the ffort i was doing

wednesday- went and kept alex B company in the gym, was in there for a bout 4hours, light weights and floor work, got some work to do at the gym as Byrne was doing many more reps than i was able do

20length swim- cool down

Thursday - my left hamstring was tight after yesterdays session and i was feeling quite tierd, however did a good warm up and once in the session started to feel quite strong

On Grass- at begging there is about a 15m hill about 20degrees ( i think)

10x120-30m (144Paces)
10min rec- 8x120-30m

.......2.01....2.17....2.15....1.44...1.51...1.31...1.45....1.43...1.43
.....140.....137.....138.....154.....149....158.....157.....158.....156
23....22.....21.....21.......22.......22......21.....22.......23......21
161....167....174....170....180.....180....177.....182.....183....181

10.18 - Fin rec 147.....Ave 137

..........1.24....1.24....1.32....1.38...1.36.....1.37....1.53
...........157.....159.....157.....156.....158.....155.....149
.23.......22......23....23........22.......23.......23.......22
162.....172.....175.....185.....185.....183.....180.....177

enjoyed this session felt very easy and i felt relaxed was no where near sprinting, was also coming of the hill pretty well , felt tierd and tight before the session so did not want to push it to hard but the more reps i did the easyier it got, jogged the recoveries back

probably could ahve done all 10 but was weary about my cold coming back and it was getting dark so called it a night

Saturday, 29 March 2008

22nd- 28th

saterday- Rest

Sunday- Race

800m- 2.04
400m- 53.6
200m-25.5
400mR- 55.5

800m- only really had one gear- ran the first lap in 59 but felt quite strong but i did not feel like i was gliding, consiously working all the time, ran out by my self, not much competition but people watching said it looked very easy

400m- Got cought almost stright away and didnt really start moving untill 200m left- held of another athelte and started to catch up the leader but was already too far behind. However by the end of the race strength was begining to leave me and felt like my technique was falling apart (last 50m)

200m- 10min after my 400- still pretty tierd and a poor start - started to make ground on the last 50m

Monday- 40min.....Fin 166......Ave 159.....Max 173

1-129
2-121

Felt tight from the race and it didnt feel that smooth or relaxed

Tuesday- 4xlength of park (2xup.....2x down hill)


..........7.56....7.32.....9.07
..........130.....129.....136
.63......63.......58.......59
174.....174.....181.....174

was a good run but did not feel like was was crusing comftably yet. Last 50m is the hardest , posture is lost and having to work harder than the other 350m

recoveries were also uncomfatble

wednesday- swimming 80lengths

was supposed to do a strenth session with the sprint coach but she called up and said it was not worth it

Thursday- 20x 50-80m

Overall- 19.31

1-10= 9.32.....Fin 174.....Ave 165

11-20=9.58.....Fin 189.....Ave 173

session was 7 seconds faster than 3weeks ago, felt like some i was starting to move quite speedy again,but can not comapre this to 3 weeks ago as alex H felt tierd and was not running fast so i had nobody to chase

Saturday, 22 March 2008

15th-21st

saterday- Nationals- Nottingham 8km- 32.00min

ok start but faded very badly halfway through the first lap and the middle lap, picked things up again by the last but by that time all was lost.

can get into a rythem and running becomes easy, put as soon as that is lost- turning a corner, running up hill, mud, everything falls apart and i slow right down

Sunday- 82min Ave 132.....Fin 139.....Max 147

just took it very easy and ran how i felt- legs were tired all over

Monday- 36.49.....Fin 155.....Ave 132.....Max 155

all my legs were tired, last 7min picked it up and it didnt feel fluent at all and i went over on my left ankle, luckly i walked it off and it has been fine since

Tuesday- 15.00- Ave 178.....Fin 185.....Max 187

1- 148
2- 124

run was not good, felt heavy and not very fast at all- coverd the same distance as normal but with a higher heart rate than i would normally do

wednesday- 37.35.....Fin 156.....Ave 160

1-121
2-115

Again legs were still aching and running didnt feel great, still felt heavy and no spring in my runnig

Thursday- 20x 150m?? on grass ( round a football pitch- length and width with width jog recovery)

18.16....Fin 188.....Max 196

Ave Rep 26......Ave HR 178-188

Rec Time 30....Ave HR 173-183

this session felt a lot better, did not feel sick by the end but was working hard and joged all the recoveries