T 11 miles (6:26mm), 5 miles (7:00mm)
W 14 miles including aborted Marathon Session (6:14mm), 6 miles (7:06mm)
T 10 miles (6:25mm), 6miles (6:58)
F 10 miles (6:29mm)
S 27.7 miles Long Run (6:20mm)
S Rest (well, not really)
Total - 98 miles (6:32mm)
Aerobic Efficiency 963 beats per mile average
Average Weight 143.5 Lbs
Average RHR 33 bpm
Slightly later than planned blog this week as my wife Hania decided to go into labour with our second baby late on Saturday evening (just as I was about to shut my eyes to go to sleep - how selfish) meaning yesterday was a little busy with other things. In honesty it was a very quick labour with the baby being born around 4:40 on Sunday morning but running and blogging were far from my mind. Baby and Mum all doing great but it was a bit of a shock as the baby wasn't due for another three weeks. Here's the little Beaut.
Anyway to the running, after last week's half marathon I was really going to take the week as it came and still try to get in a decent marathon session on the Wednesday. As it turned out it was too soon after the race to be running hard. My legs felt tired from the off. The session was planned to be 25 mins, 4 X 4mins,25 mins but even during the first 25 minute effort I knew it was all feeling a bit too hard. I gave one of the 4 minutes a go but after just over two and a half minutes the legs were going to jelly so I just decided to can the session and run a few more miles easy. By Friday morning I was starting to feel like a cold might be coming on but by Sunday all signs of this had shifted.
The rest of the days went OK and despite picking up a really nasty blister last Sunday my legs had recovered by the time of the long run on Saturday morning. Saturday was supposed to be a 28 miler but due to me being a bit of a numpty I forgot to charge my Garmin so when it died 20.5 miles into the run I was guessing how far I'd have to run. As it turned out I was a little more optimistic than I should have been as when I mapped the remainder of the route it came out to be 27.7 miles. Oh well. It felt really good though and legs didn't feel particularly tired after. That said, I had quite a tight right calf muscle but other than that it was another solid over distance run in the bank at a pretty decent pace. One usually tries to take it easy after a long run to make sure you recover properly but Saturday and Sunday was destined to be pretty busy for me! Not only did we go on to having no sleep until Sunday evening but we had also spent a couple of hours marching round Ikea looking for extra baby furniture on Saturday little did we know just how imminent the arrival was!
Aerobic efficiency dropped again to another all time low to 963. Fingers crossed that keeps dropping as I do think it could be a key indicator. Also pleasing that the weight has now dropped to 143.5 Lbs which is really low for me. I saw that on the scales once a couple of years ago but doubt it would have averaged that over a week so know I am in good necessary skinny shape.
With the baby here now it remains to be seen whether I will have the time to get in the training I need to keep this level of fitness. But with a very supportive wife and me taking a flexible approach I am still optimistic I will get there!
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