22-09-2014, 04:04 PM
Hi TheEd,
I wanted to check in with you regarding my half marathon race yesterday. I ended up with 141:54. Not my best time but considering the heat and humidity (It was in Maui, Hawaii) and that I have just started ramping up my training for longer races (the half marathon was my second longest run this year) I was ok with it.
On Wednesday prior to the race I did the 3 x 5 min Fartlek with 1 min rest. I did it by feel at a 10k effort. The first two were at 4:17 per km and the last one was 4:14 per km.
Since Friday was a travel day I took that as a day off and did the 30 min with 6 x 1 min on/off on Saturday the day before the race at ~4:39 per km. I just floated through the pace as you have suggested before.
My plan now is to start with with another cycle of the program and will aim for the 2k session on Thursday. My thought is to start with 3 or 4 at first and work up to 5.
Any thoughts/suggestions?
Becky
I wanted to check in with you regarding my half marathon race yesterday. I ended up with 141:54. Not my best time but considering the heat and humidity (It was in Maui, Hawaii) and that I have just started ramping up my training for longer races (the half marathon was my second longest run this year) I was ok with it.
On Wednesday prior to the race I did the 3 x 5 min Fartlek with 1 min rest. I did it by feel at a 10k effort. The first two were at 4:17 per km and the last one was 4:14 per km.
Since Friday was a travel day I took that as a day off and did the 30 min with 6 x 1 min on/off on Saturday the day before the race at ~4:39 per km. I just floated through the pace as you have suggested before.
My plan now is to start with with another cycle of the program and will aim for the 2k session on Thursday. My thought is to start with 3 or 4 at first and work up to 5.
Any thoughts/suggestions?
Becky