T 20 miles inc. 30 mins (3:00), 4X5mins(2:00), 30 mins (5:45mm), 6 miles (7:37mm)
W 9 miles HA (6:45mm), 6.5 miles (7:58mm)
T 11.5 miles (7:04mm), 6 miles (7:02mm)
F 7 miles HA (6:42mm)
S Rest (lurgy)
S Rest (still lurgied)
Total 81 miles (6:45mm)
Core & Drills 38 mins
Total Training Time 9 hrs 42 mins
Aerobic efficiency 949 beats per mile
Weight 142.3lbs (avge over the week)
Body Fat 10.86% (15.45lbs)
Lean Body Mass 84.71% (120.52lbs)
Water 64.06% (91.14 lbs)
A bit of a frustrating week this week as I felt like I was starting to get nicely fit but then came down with a cold which meant the weekend off running. So my mileage wasn't anywhere near as high as I wanted and I didn't get a long run in. I guess it's that time of year though with the change of the season where colds are in big supply and avoiding one is very tricky. I suppose I can be grateful that it is not the week of London and would much rather have a cold now than then! Every cloud.
Apart from that I managed to get in a decent session on Tuesday morning. this is traditionally the big marathon session that I do a couple of weeks out from the target race so doing it this early would be an interesting experiment. I was not expecting the resultant paces that came out and although it wasn't as quick as pre-Toronto, it was almost certainly more controlled with the 30 minute efforts coming in at 5:25mm avge and the 5 minute efforts coming in at 5:09mm. It did demonstrate to me that I am quite fit though, especially this far out.
Weight seems to have stayed pretty stable despite dropping a bit of body fat. This seems to happen as an adaptation to the HA runs I do where my body seems to hold onto more water. Perhaps this is due to the increase in plasma volume that HA runs are supposed to induce?!?! I didn't however weigh myself over the weekend as I wasn't running so may well have put some weight back on as seems to be the case when I take some time off running. Most folks seem to lose weight when they're ill, but not me!
So far from ideal at this stage of the game, but it is now Thursday of week 11 and I was back running on Monday which was a relief although most runs have felt a bit bleurgh since then. I am supposed to be doing Thirsk 10 on Sunday as a tune up but yet to make a decision on whether I'll race.
As readers will know who read my blog, this year I am trying to help my colleague Jo raise funds for her son Charlie. Charlie suffers with Cerebral Palsy amongst other severe medical conditions. The long and short of it is that Charlie needs Spinal Chord surgery and this is not funded by the NHS. So Jo is raising money to pay for the surgery and post-op physio herself. This is a mammoth task as she is looking to raise £85,000 so I would be highly grateful if anyone that reads this blog could consider donating to the cause. I and many readers are incredibly lucky to have the quality of life that Charlie can only dream of and hopefully some of you will help Jo with her efforts. I for one will be running my heart out for Charlie on April 23rd.
Charlie's Footsteps
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