Last week of the taper in front of me. Race day is next Sunday 29th October. Training has gone ok enough but load of areas for improvement, improvements I may never take on board.
1) I had hoped to get 3 x 20 mile runs completed. In the end I settled for 2 x 22 mls
2) I had hoped to get a good few long runs completed in Cork. In the end a 18 miler with Aidan on the 2nd of September.
3) I had notions of doing speedwork once a week mile repeats and tempos. Never really happened.
4) I had hoped to get 50 miles up on the legs in September. The most was 43 miles.
5) I had hoped to get under 1hr40mins in the Charleville half. In the end I settled for a 1hr52mins.
6) I had hoped to drop the weight to under 85kg but it has remained at 87kg.
7) Rejoin a running club. Never happened.
I have run as well as I could under the present circumstances. Weekend long runs have always occurred. I l also have generally got 3- 4 times a week. HR has also remained steady. I am a lot more comfortable getting a baseline training of 30 miles a week up on my legs. Injury wise not too bad but the ankle is still niggly. The gammy hammy/quad thing is still there on faster runs.
One week to go. Lets enjoy this one.
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