Medium Long Run - 13 Miles HR150 Max

I missed my run last night as I was not home until after 9pm and at that stage just couldn't get out the door as I was really tired and had a long day travelling to various work meetings.

But tonight, my legs felt a bit fresher as a result of missing last nights session. I think that recovery needs to be a very key part of my running strategy because on this schedule I'm running 6 days a week with only one day of rest. I think I need more recovery then that. Although that means less mileage, I still think I perform better as a result of the recovery. It leaves my legs fresher and enables me to do more of a quality session. At this stage I'm hoping that my lack of performance is also going to improve as the taper approaches for the marathon itself. I know I can run the mileage, but this schedule really doesn't seem to suit me in terms of improving my pace over distance. In fact it feels more like the opposite is true, I'm slower and struggling to maintain a pace I would previously have had not bother with.

Tonight's session felt easy, my HR was up a few beats on my target of 150bpm which I'm not worried about, and pace was 8.13 min/mile, but it felt easy and I didn't feel tired afterwards, it felt like I could have easily gone on. Recovery does seem to be one of the key factors for me to experiment with.

The rest of this week is a bit of a problem for me, I've got to go to Manchester for a few days and won't get a chance to do much now for the rest of the week, at least until the weekend.

Tonights Run.........