Monday 14th
May
Instead of
my normal interval work I decided to use
this week as a rest week. Not a rest from running just a rest from faster type
running. Did 8 miles up in Mayfield at approx 9.10 pace. Got to see my niece
Charlotte and popped down to a work thing later. Found the pace very relaxed
and easy
Tuesday 15th
May
One mile
warm up 9min pace followed by 3 miles of walk jogging with Aoiffe. Did another
2.5 miles on my own, 25 minutes. Was on my feet for around 70 minutes. Total mileage 7 miles. Again a
very slow pace.
Wednesday 16th
May
Up in
Mayfield again for this one. Added a extra mile by Banduff and Ballyvolane for
this one. Attempted to run this at a undefined pace. Just wanted to see how I
would go with it. Ran the first 5 miles at around 7.20 P – the terrain was
largely downhill. Came up against that familiar hill by Montenotte up to Iona
park. Never fails to throw me. That took me around 8.27 to complete and it was
about to be a lot tougher from there to Boherboy rd. Miles 7 and miles 8 I did
around 7.45to 7.55 pace – the last mile involving a long pull and rapid descent
from Lady Crowned Church up to Lotabeg Green and down to the GAA pitch. The
whole workout took 1hr and 50 seconds. While the pace dropped from around 7.20
average to 7.47 average I was very happy
with the workout as I managed the hills a lot better than last week.That said I
will be resting over the next two days. A lot of late evenings this week with
work and family commitments. A 2 hour commute every day is no joke and on
Saturday I had a journey up and down to Bandon on top of my normal 350 miles a
week car commute.
Thursday 17th
May/Friday 18th May
Rest day. Batteries feeling a bit low since Wednesday. Have
done a fair bit of mileage since Rome marathon In March. Don’t want to be
burning myself out before I even get into marathon training programme. Will definitely
do 3 miles recovery on Sunday and back on track for next 4 weeks before I take
another cutback week. Have house painting to keep me out of trouble on Saturday
so meeting up for the match on Saturday may not happen at all
Knowing when to listen to your body is an impotant skill to master.... Pity we're not all so good at it. Enjoy the cross training (aka painting) but don't let it get in the way of the match!!!!
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