13th- 19th

Saturday
5km relays at Wimbledon road run (3rd leg).....18.20
had a great start running alongside someone from Herne Hill and kept up with him for almost 8mins, he left me going up a hill but i remained quite strong just didn’t react well enough
then on the flat ran well and held off another athlete able to accelerate and knock his confidence.

however the last 8mins were awful and it was pretty much downhill or flat, there was about an 800m steep decline and i faded, couldn’t relax down the hill and several people over took me and then on the flat couldn’t get into any rhythm and pace had dropped off quite a bit and was beaten by a rival who i wouldn’t consider to have a great endurance base

so a run with two halves!

Sunday
95.17min.....Fin 147.....Ave 139.....Max 151
1-117
2-115
this run was faster than last week and was able to add in a loop around the wells which probably took about an extra 7-10min. HR also did not jump around so much

Monday
31.46min.....Fin 169.....Ave 152.....Max 169
1-127
2-118

tried to build up to 165 bpm gradually so that i would be running fast and easy at a high HR instead of getting to target HR within 10min and then running the last 15min at a slower pace with a high HR

The last 10min i sustained my HR at 165 with the last 3min rising a little.

Tuesday
8x500m on track with steeple

..........4.13....4.18....4.30....4.14....4.01....4.12...3.54
...........142.....143.....142.....146.....135.....133....138
.94.....109.....107.....108.....110.....111.......112.....111
181.....181.....182.....180.....179.....179.....178.....179

Wanted to run at least 600m but hawkins went of harder than i expected so buy 400m my HR was at threshold and on the whole the last 100m the HR crept over threshold and could start to feel a little bit of stress so thought best to stop.

Thought this was best as if i were to run 600m the last 200m would have been slower so probably would have defeated the training effects. on the whole i kept up with hawkins, he was quicker into/off the steeple but i would then try to catch up and cruise next to him .

Was this session ok that i went over threshold for about 20sec or must i try and keep it under in sessions like this.?

Wednesday
36.00min.....Fin 137.....Ave 137
2-112

ran to the gym and did leg press 60kg on each leg 4x5 (didnt want to do to much)

Thursday
Nescott Fartlek with 3 others

------..67........62.....5.15....2.15....1.51....1.51...1.20.....1.50
------.148.....150.......161.....156.....157.....155.....142.....150
.56.......40.....51.......49........43......52.....86......2.48....35
163.....167.....165.....168.....165.....170.....169.....170.....168

ran relaxed and did not go into stress really at any point. manged to keep up with the group of 3others and i ran comftably next to Will parker who was crusing along side next to me talking to each other. the recovery runs were continous so jogged all the time, my hr was during the recoveries where about 10-15beats higher than hawkins

overall really happy as last time i did this i rember feeling ill on the way back to the track and always thinking that this run was very long but this time it went very quickly and ran comftably back to the track and then back home which was about 30mins.

did feel quite drained afterwads though

Friday

rest

6th-12th

Saterday
Slept most day very tired

Sunday
supposed to race but i could not rouse myself to do so. ended up doing

92.23min.....Fin 150....Ave 140.....Max 150
1-119
2-114

was good to do this run, have not done it all summer so at about 50-60min could feel my legs achingbut running contiuned to be steady and last 20mins felt pretty comfatble, will try to keep building on this each week to 2hours

Monday
28.27.....Fin 171....Ave 161.....Max 177
1-136
2-118

first 10mins was probably too fast so the last 8min was slower so next time i am going to build up so i end up running faster at the end of the session

Tuesday
16x 200m on track

.........2.03....2.02....2.08....2.14...2.00...2.12....2.13...2.37
...........143.....148.....142.....138.....148.....141.....143.....137
.37......35......34........34........33......31......34.......32.......36
171.....174.....179.....178.....176.....181.....177.....178.....174

2.09.....2.10...2.13....2.20...2.16....2.13....2.30
146.....148.....144.....147.....147.....145.....147
34........36.......34.....34.......34.......34.......37
178.....179.....180.....179.....180.....183.....165

2- 125

Nice session made a change, running felt relaxed and was being carful not to go over 175 threshold, if i went over it by quite a bit tended to stop where ever i was, on most occassion wen this happend i was only 5m away
session done with Hawkins who did only a couple more reps than myself , kept up with him with all the repsbut often got the slower start but cought up on the last 100m

wednesday
48.28min.....Fin 165.....Ave 152.....Max 165
2-118

after the run i felt pretty drained and the run its self was quite uncomftable espacially after 30min but i imagine this is because i have not run this for the whole summer so just need to give to a bit of time to adapt. the last 200m heart rate rose to over 160 and the pace quickly dropped and was probably running slowest at this point.

Thursday
14x400m on grass (up hill, Down Hill)
............79.......93......80......93........74......99......75
...........143.....148....153.....145.....157.....146.....153
.98.......91.....104.....98......111......92......115.......87
173.....172.....177.....172.....178.....175.....170.....177
(U) (D)

.87.......82.......91.......77.......89......84......90
149.....152.....154.....154.....155.....155.....157
114......94......118.....98......114......99
179.....173.....176.....177.....177.....176
(U) (D)

1-134
2-127

almost felt as if i could go on for much longer but my HR was becoming constant in the rep and during th recovery so i thought that this was proabably the red box, was going to do another rep but my recovery HR was higher than i wanted so thought it was best to stop (better do less than more etc).

the actual run also was at its most comfatble on those last 4 reps, if not last 6.

Friday
Rest

16th-22nd

Saterday
58.22.....Fin 131.....Ave 137.....Max 148
1-117
2-106
recovery run, easy pace, slow, tried doiing a sprint at the end but legs felt tired and heavy but otherwise enjoyable run

Sunday
(Up) (Down)(UP) (Down)(Up)
400.....300.....600.....400.....300========Distance
............130......139......150.....149========Starting HR
58........38........90........59........48========time
189.....183.....196.......186.......189========Finishing HR

1-154
2-145

found this session harder than the 800m pace, the 600m took alot out of me and could deffently feel an increase in lactic in my legs as they felt tight during the recovery and not perticuly expolisive when starting the following reps.

Monday
6x200m, relaxed and easy ( on grass)

..........3.07....2.48....2.46...3.03...3.21
...........115.....112.....114.....111.....115
.34.......31.......33.......31........31.......30
150.....161.....159.....165.....169.....168

sesson was just to relax and have a bit of fun, did it in trousars and t-shirt so didnt take it seriously at all, tried focusing on technique making sure that my hips felt sterdy and did not twist and i think i generally acheived this.
only swore note is that there is, what feels like internal brusing on the left side of my left leg just above the ankle. it is just tender when i touch it and ached a bit after each rep and took a while to walk it off

Tuesday
3x200m on track

........................17.31....................16.18
.........................132(126Ave)......137(131Ave)
.23.8................24.3.....................24.6
173-----------------------------------

this session gave me a really good buzz, was very surprised by the first rep thought i would have to work alot harder to run 24 and under so came as a suprise as i felt like i was working hard but it wasnt painful or exerting loadsof effort like the last few anerobic sessions, it also didnt feel that quick. the whole session i felt that i would be ale to run faster if i were able to get comftable at this pace as it didnt feel 100% comftable

Wednesday
rest, with the intension to get two good session in on thursday and friday

Thursday
went to the physio for a check up on my hamstring and general strength so was not expecting to be in much pain, however physio put these needles in my hamstring again but this time spread out across the whole of my leg not just in one area, he also left me for alot longer and by the time id finshed my leg was aching quite alot so thought it was best to allow my leg to properly recover and heal.

Friday
glen sorry this is late notice but am actually going away with a few friends tonight for a week, so will still be able to run when im out there but it will be done on how i feel and how much time i have to spere. i also probably wont update the blog why i am away but will when i arrive back

depending on how much time i have today (have alot of letters to fill out to do with uni) will decide what i do in terms of running, it will likly be a fast steady 35min or might just do some strength excerises as ive packed most of my running stuff

9th-15th

saterday

rest was feeling quite tight and tierd from the pervous week, was aos frustrated a little as it chucked it down with rain the whole day

Sunday
day appreard to be nicer so thought about ding fast session however was VERY windy so decided to work on accelartion, however i just couldnt get going, my running felt heavy and it almost felt as if i was running faster than my legs could take me ....got quite frustrated so the session was very unorganised.....went from a couple of flat out 40m sprints to about 1x crusing pace going into sprint over about 30seconds and then vis versa.....finsihed session very frustrated and then went for a long cycle ride with my dad to ge ride of some frustration and as a warm down....went for about 3hours and enjoyed my self.

Monday
15.06 fast run
normal cicuit = 14.42 so that is 1seconds slower than my best time
Ave HR 183
Fin HR 196
1- 167
2- 136
the running felt alot more stable and my hips twisted very little, i was trying to make sure my running was smooth (not bouncing) but also going fast and i felt like i acheived it.
also did a couple of shor sprints at the end which felt quite fast so is a big confidence boost after a dissapointing couple of days over the weekend

Tuesday
20min warm up and then 3x 130m stride picking up speed staying strong, session aimed to keep me fresh for wednesday as i am planning to do the 400m race

Wednesday
300m.....200m.....400m......200m.....300m
................143..........142..........150.........146
44............27.............60...........26.............41
174.........................191............177...........186

1-165
2-146

really ejoyed this session, bit of discipline in the session made it fly by. Got into quite a good pace and it was pretty comftable
the 2x300s and the 400 was ran uphill whilst the 200ms down hill in the park
the first 3 reps felt good an easy but that last 300m, espacially the last 50-80m i could feel my legs burning and effort was deffently the hightest compared to the other reps, my recovery was good after the session esspically aerobiclly but my legs remained quite heavy and flopy afterwads


Thursday -
300.....200.....400.....200.....300
...........140......141......158......148=======Starting HR
37........25........57........27........44========Time
196.................194.......185......182=======Finishing HR

1-156
2-145

couldnt stand up after the session and mouth was very dry,

Friday - rest

2nd-8th

Saterday- Race Kingston.....800m= 2.01.8
1500= 4.25

Sunday
went for a 20.48min run........Ave 176........Fin 180
1-135
2-120

wanted to go for longer but found my calfs where very tight and i was started to slow down so thought it was best to stop here as so far the run had been quite high quilty and strong

Monday
2x3x70m on slight hill

Ave time= 10sec....HR 160 end rep.....

Recoverys= 2.30min, begin rep when HR= 120

Between set 4.35 recovery
1-135
2-121
session was goog and was moving quite smoothly

Tuesday
9x150m (22seconds).......HR= 165-173
10x150m (23seconds).... HR= 168-178

9min rest between sets
this session felt good in terms my stride felt long and generally technique felt pretty good however the grond was quite uneven which meant i was twisting a bit and my speed suffed for it however it was good crusing pace

Wednesday
feeling a little fragile from yesterday ran in water instead, did 1,2,3,3,2,1,1,2 min reps with half the recovery of the rep

Thursday
5x200m hill

............5.33.....6.48.....728.....9.22
.............127.....121.......127........125
28.8.....29.1.....28.9.....30.0.....30.1

the start always feels slow and takes me about 70m to get going, aftereach rep the recovery felt weird, very much like the period going from winter into summer where your body is adjusting to the change so felt out of breath and shoulder felt quite heavy during rep

Friday rest

12th-18th

Saterday- 2x10x30sec hard on bike.....
1=Ave Fin 145-155
rec= 1min each rep= 125-133
15min recovery= 94
2= Fin 155-165......Rec 120-130

sunday 45min run.....Fin 153.....Ave 137......max 166

Monday- Gym lightish weights

tuesday- 49.30min ave 141.....fin 140.....max 154
1-119
2-109

wednesday- 39min .....fin 153.....ave 147.....Max 156
1-119
2-117

Thursday- swimming as warm up
3x5x30seconds running in water with 15sec recovery

Friday- rest

5th-11th

saterday- 45min easy run with alex B.....Ave 131

Sunday- ---------rest

Monday- Gym Bike 50min.....Ave 120-150 max 165

Tuesday- Bike.....3x5min hard
1- Fin 172.....Rec 5.00.....118
2- Fin 178.....rec 6.00.....118
3- Fin 180

wednesday- swimming- 40 lengths + 2,4,6,8 hard lengths with full recvoery
Thursday- rest
Fridayrest