I was supposed to break todays run into two runs, one of 6 miles and one of 4 miles. I've done this a few times over the last few weeks according to the instructions in the schedule. However I had a meeting in Birmingham this morning which meant I had to leave home at 5.30am to make the meeting at 9.30am.
This meant I had to combine my two runs into one run of 10 miles at a recovery pace, which for me is an average HR of 140bpm. I managed this ok but at a slow pace of 8.58 min/mile. This is fine, I have no problem with a nice slow recovery run. But I felt really bad for most of it. In spite of the fact that I was running quite slowly, my legs felt really heavy and still a bit sore. So the whole run was a bit torturous despite the slow pace. I was wishing it was over, even as early as 3 miles to be honest.
Still managed to finish it, but my legs are still very stiff. It takes me about 2 miles to even get them warmed up. To be honest, it doesn't feel like I've done a recovery run at all. Anyway, run complete so on schedule this week. 12 mile planned for tomorrow night, lets see how it goes.
Todays Recovery Run.........
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Recovery Run - 10 Miles
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Hey Dex,
Although I'm only running half the amount of miles you are, my legs are feeling exactly the same at the moment - really heavy, sore and it takes an age to warm them up. I can't even use the weather as an excuse any more as it's cooled down a lot in the past week. I guess I'll persevere - not much else I can do at this stage in the game.
Good luck with your plan!
--Steve
Hi Steve,
I'm feel the same way now. As I've invested so much in the schedule I just think I'll have to persevere with it, but I'm not full of confidence with it to be honest. I don't think I'll be anywhere near my race objective, and wonder if I should change what I'm doing NOW to see if I can recover some speed endurance. On the other hand, its an experiment to discover what works best I suppose.
Decisions decisions, looking at your programme, it appeals with the lower mileage involved but not sure I could handle the pace. I might have to give it a go next time around and see how it works.
Keep it up.
Dex.
I'm going to stick with it. I feel the same as you though - it's an experiment after all, and at my age, with many years of running behind me, I'm not too sure how much I can keep squeezing out of my body.
At least we'll be done on the 28th/29th October and we can look back and see what worked and what didn't.
There's still time before the marathon though and I wouldn't be surprised if we both come good on the day. We'll see eh?
On a side note, I notice you've been listening to Phil Collins recently. I love that Cadbury's advert with the gorilla. My mum sent me a link and I posted a YouTube version on cymru66.com
Hang in there,
--Steve
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