My log: Training for a sub 3.30 marathon

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Training has been going well lately, a good bunch of hill runs and some longer runs out on the road

Goal for 2015 is to be more consistent with my training... and that's off to a good start. Have so far ran every day this month...


Jan 1st: 21.3km hill run + 2,343ft elevation gain
Jan 2nd: 13km
Jan 3rd: 17km
Jan 4th: 30km


All on track for a 50km R18+ extreme mountain run in a little under 3 weeks time MF.

 

[IronSoul]

Hey brother good to see you back around. Starting the year off great I see. Looking forward to your 2015 log.

 

[Turbolag]

Thats awesome dude!

I hope you are having a nice New Year so far!

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

So far so good thanks !! Great weekend with the family, enjoying the sun and riding on the newly opened Christchurch Trams. Finally up and running again after significant earthquake repairs

 

[5.0]

Glad to see you back! You look damn happy, congratulations!

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Thanks !! Always try to be happy.

Well that was a great week of training, in fact it was my largest ever block of km's I have done in one week so I'll take confidence from that. Feeling good right now too, no soreness or anything niggling away as a potential injury-waiting-to-happen


Jan 1st: 21.3km hill run + 2,343ft elevation gain
Jan 2nd: 13km
Jan 3rd: 17km
Jan 4th: 30km
Jan 5th: 8km
Jan 6th: REST
Jan 7th: 9.5km / 6.5km / 11km

TOTAL: 116.3km

 

[5.0]

Your a machine! Congratulations on a amzing week!

 

[Bullmuscle7]

Missed you bro!!! Now you are back and hitting it hard! Great work here!

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Cheers guys. Resting up this week, 50km mountain run is this Saturday !! Goal is to finish under 7hrs (it's supposedly a very hilly & technical course).

Did an 11km slightly quicker-paced run last night:

https://www.strava.com/activities/243120819

 

[Gregger]

Awesome man... I think I can still remember my Strava account, I'll look at it...
Very nice seeing you posting up!

 

[Fork-Lift]

Thats awesome mini!
Impressive
Why another forklift
i thought it was a unique name when i first created it a few years back, guess not!

Keep up the progress man
ForkLift

 

[Mini Forklift Ⓥ]

Well that was an absolute bitch of a race. Not sure of the total elevation gain due to my watch battery dying at around the 40km mark. Great race although a lot of it was unrunnable due to the crazy terrain, muddy bogs & near-vertical hill climbs comprised of rocks !! Temperatures reached 42°C in the valleys today so a lot of athletes came unstuck with cramp, dehydration etc. Some people got stretchered off due to them passing out, one guy broke his ankle and there were other various injuries we were told at the end.

https://www.strava.com/activities/245187877