09-09-2011, 12:01 AM
Hi TheEd,
Sorry for not having written back sooner. I had 2 weeks off the programme, one of which with no running at all due to some niggles. Additionally I took your advice and cut my runs back to every other day. I started the programme again this week and have just completed the 2K intervals today. While they were not perfect, in the face of less than ideal conditions they were much better than my previous attempts, helped by a much better mental attitude. However I still find it much harder to push through the pain when in training than I do when racing.
At the end of this cycle I have a 1/2 marathon, a two week gap, then a 10K, another 2 weeks and then the final 10K of the season.
After that I intend to take a bit of time to get back to really enjoying my running.
Sorry for not having written back sooner. I had 2 weeks off the programme, one of which with no running at all due to some niggles. Additionally I took your advice and cut my runs back to every other day. I started the programme again this week and have just completed the 2K intervals today. While they were not perfect, in the face of less than ideal conditions they were much better than my previous attempts, helped by a much better mental attitude. However I still find it much harder to push through the pain when in training than I do when racing.
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Time Avg Max Rest
00:07:46 168 171 126
00:07:52 167 171 125
00:07:58 165 171 135
00:08:09 164 169 124
00:08:14 163 169 124At the end of this cycle I have a 1/2 marathon, a two week gap, then a 10K, another 2 weeks and then the final 10K of the season.
After that I intend to take a bit of time to get back to really enjoying my running.