My log: Training for a sub 3.30 marathon

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Nice.


And nice little write-up there. Keep us posted on how the business is doing from time to time.

Thanks Chris. Business is doing great; when I took over 6 weeks ago we were 20th overall out of 26 stores, now we have moved up to 6th place.

That's a pretty good improvement, my goal is to be inside the top 5 by the end of February.

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

It was a good week of training, despite not being able to get out for that 16km run. I ate an amazing curry (extremely hot) and knew it wouldn't have been wise! Here's my training for last week...


TUE 14th: 7.1km / 36.50 / ave 11.57kph (fasted morning run)
13.9km / 1:12.00 / ave 11.58kph (evening run)
THU 16th: 5.5km / 27.10 / ave 12.26kph (fasted morning run)
5.5km / 25.25 / ave 13.10kph (night run)
SAT 18th: 20.5km / 1:49.00 / ave 11.28kph (recovery)

TOTAL: 52.6km

 

[dangerouscurves]

Nice job mf

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Supplies are in, should see me through another few weeks :food-snacking:

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Also just topped up on my gels. I really like these ones for my longer runs as their consistency is a lot thicker and they're closer to real food than the CLIF gels. Hopefully I will get to head out for at least one longer run this weekend.

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Just cooked up todays lunch and dinner, a nice big vege stir fry with portobella mushrooms, marinated tofu and a few other secret ingredients to make me run faster haha

 

[IronSoul]

Idk about tofu bother but I would certainly murder that dish regardless lol!

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

WED 22nd: 13.1km / 1:05.00 / ave 12.09kph (goal marathon pace)
THU 23rd: 6.5km / 31.30 / ave 12.38kph (comfortable, fasted)
FRI 24th: 6.2km / 31.00 / ave 12kph (easy, fasted)
SUN 26th: 19km / 1:49.00 / ave 10.46kph (easy, longish)

TOTAL:44.8km

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Just under 6 weeks until the Motatapu off-road marathon, looking forward to it. I raced it a few years back and it's a stunning (but a quite brutally hilly) course, definitely the most scenic marathon I have ever ran. It's all private land that is opened up to the public once a year just for this race

I'll be running it with an old fiend, no time goals or anything like that. Just get a good run in the legs and a weekend away at the same time, I think the first time I finished in just over 5hrs so it is far from a fast course.

 

[woodswise]

Beautiful pics bro. Wish I could see that course in person!

 

[IronSoul]

Man I hate running, but those pictures really make me want to. I would love running through scenery like that. I bet that is a pretty tough course for a marathon tho. Good luck brother, keep up the hard work.

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Ran into a spot of bother today...

Went out for a run in our searing 30 degree heat, went the wrong way and ended up quite a way out from home with no water or food. Made my way back eventually and a very nice cafe I stumbled into gave me some water to see me right as I had gotten very dehydrated. I swear, when you are dehydrated iced cold water feels like the equivalent of taking EPO! I went from running 6min/km and wondering how I was going to make it home to finishing the final kilometre at sub 4.30min/km pace :261: Was a good 20km run though, lost nearly 5lb in bodyweight. Not good lol.