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

Thursday, 29 November 2007

24th-30th

saterday- 6x300m......2x130m

..........4.45....4.26....4.36.....6.06....5.03
...........127.....125.....127......126......134
47.9....48........51.......52........52........55
167.....183.....210.....206.....000.....174

2x150= 4,30 rest......15sec= 214HR........58 (130HR).....17 sec=000

windiy and muddy , slight hill (oppisate end of park) working the whole body so was pretty tough, really ended up working my legs, had to move them quickly so i didnt slip- pusle seems to be quite high but i didnt think it was that stressful

Sunday- 47.15......Fin 165......Ave 161......Max 169
1-146
2-121
again can do first 30 pretty comfatably but starts to slow after that for about 5min

Monday- Epsom Downs 4k race
14.29

wasnt happy with this, i hadnt warmed up so i stiffend up compltly on the hill, eased up on the last 1k though, started to get into a rythem

Tuesday- 20x150m.......22min......Max 195

Ave Rep= 22
Ave Rep HR= 179-184
Ave Rec= 40-55
Ave Rec HR= 167

Found this session really hard, couldnt drive with my right leg, muscle from the hip felt quite slack and i had to put effort in to making sure i raised it, also struggled on the recoveries breathing felt sort and uncomftable

wednesday- 15min 4k? Ave 173.....Fin 182.....Max 182
Ran further than i ran last year in the same time but dont think i would have felt comftable at running at a much higher tempo- quads felt tierd, only muscle suffering- no pain but they werent used to this power work

Thursday- 1,2,3x3

...........30........1........1.30.....30.......1.......1.30.....30........1
..........166......160.....158.....173.....164.....158.....176.....170
...1......2........3........1..........2.........3.......1........2.........3
174.....181.....186.....180.....185.....186.....181.....185.....189

1-154
2-134......max 190
this felt good, felt quite fast, coverd the same distance as the other two alexs would do normally, could feel my quads working again

Friday Rest

Friday, 23 November 2007

17th-23rd

Saturday- Richmand- Peterson Gate- 5.3miles +/-

33.37min
felt in control - put speed on when people tried over taking me, also had a good sprint finish

Sunday- 53. 39min fartlek run

Fin 142.............Ave 147............Max 171

changed the pace as i felt and for as long as i felt, probably pushed it the hardest up the hills, wanted to get confident at running up hills without slowing down

Monday- had a cold and was very tired

Tuesday- was still tired but the cold had felt like it had gone, however heart rate was still very high

3x1000m
3.50.........4.20.........4.38 ............this was the rough times and heart rate
175...........175............175

wednesday- could still feel the cold, and did not feel like running

instead went for a 50min cycle ride..........Ave 138

Thursday ............1,2,3x3

...........30.......1.......1.30.....30.......1.......1.30....30.........1
..........166.....159.....150.....167....147.....152....175......163
..1.......2........3........1..........2........3........1........2........3
173.....177.....177.....173.....177.....177.....189.....180.....183

like this session, feels easy but the other two are still further ahead, dont know how hard they are working though, sort of use it as a chance to look confident at running....crusing pace