Saturday 19 October 2013

172 Miles............

............ of running in the 10 weeks since Connemara. That's 17.2 miles per week. My highest weekly mileage was 38 miles, 3 weeks ago. That, followed by two 34 mile weeks, is the core of my post recovery training programme for pacing Dublin in 9 days time. My last long run this morning was more or less a repeat of last weeks run, except for the fact that I joined the 12 mile pre-Dublin club run @ 7:30 pace, getting pulled along in a post late night of over indulgence stupor. With the group consisting of  runners in peak condition targeting anything from 2:50 to 2:57, the pace slipped down towards 7:00 at times, which went unnoticed except for your truly. Still, I managed to hang on and keep a reasonably consistent pace after they had stopped, covering 21 miles @ 7:26 pace between 2 walking warmup/cooldown miles, getting 3 hours on my feet. I only need to add another 20 minutes for my next long run in 9 days time. Looking forward to it.

 
 
 
 

5 comments:

  1. You need a bit of down time every now and then Grellan. Enjoy it.

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  2. Gee, my meagre mileage is almost matching yours! Nice looking shirt for the pacing gig. I'm sure you'll do a great job just on memory.

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  3. Another handy long run for you Grellan.Enjoy plenty of "easy" miles between now and Xmas, excepting your annual birthday run (47 miles isn't it? )!!!!! ;-)

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