October 11th
It’s only 2 weeks to the Frankfurt
marathon so the training is done and dusted now. The next few weeks are all
about essential maintence and avoid anything daft. I finished this week with a
mere 38 miles getting in two ten mile efforts on Thursday and Saturday, one
slow and one at marathon pace (7.40 pace) with a 18 mile run at 8.30 pace in
the rare company of Mallow ac. It was my first run with the club in 13 weeks
and it was good to get out with them. A good number of the club are running in
Frankfurt, all hoping to PB in the sub 3 hour to sub 3.25 range. I had hoped to
get some running completed during the Monday to Wednesday period but work
commitments and family commitments made it impossible.
The previous week saw me clock my
highest number of miles yet – 60 miles. The two most notable workouts were a
20.5 mile long run on Thursday evening and a 15 mile long run on Saturday. The
first long run was patchy enough. The route was flat – Glanmire to Blackrock
and back again but I started stitching at mile 19 and was forced to call it a
day after 3 hours. I had hoped to do 23 miles so that wasn’t great. I had to
walk the 2 miles back to the car in a certain amount of discomfort for 15
minutes. It wasn’t a great workout. Saturday was a lot better running the 15
miles in a very snappy 7.42 fashion. A good speed session. It’s hard to know
what to make of it to be honest but I suspect the differing quality of the
workouts had more to do with getting a good nights sleep and running on a empty
stomach. The 20.5 mile run was a tired run and having a rushed lunch didn't help.
In regard to setting a goal for Frankfurt a PB would be a tall ask, yet.......
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