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Wednesday, 30 March 2011

The Parties Over For Now!

VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON TRAINING
The Taper With Marius Bakken


The beer has stopped flowing and the dancing girls have gone home. So I suppose it's time to stop celebrating my 'Victory' at the Liverpool Half Marathon!



Marius sent me a email;
Hi Rick,
 Absolutely fantastic! It shows once again how committed you are. Be smart now for the last weeks leading up to London. It is all a matter of sticking to the plan when things are going as well as now and not "over-run" anything. I wish you the best of luck, I'll be checking in on your blog in these last weeks,
kind regards, Marius
Oops; with Marius keeping an eye on me I better get back on the road again, I plunged my face into a cold bucket of water to sober up,then put on the running kit, which had been collecting dust in the corner, yeah baby lets get this party started, I mean Run!
Wed Location; Kings Garden's One K loop
4 x 12 mins [ 4 mins marathon pace- 4 mins just below MP - 4mins 1/2MP]
45 sec Rec after each 12 mins
GARMIN DATA
 Going by the Garmin map it looks like I've been running on water!
Maybe Ewen is right after all:]
Things went pretty well, tough session all the same!
Finished with 6 x smart strides.
The strides always seem to bring my legs back to life after a tough session!
Shoes; Spira
Total time 1 hour 19 mins
Tue Easy run with Tess, sandhill 6 = 1 hour 11 mins
Mon easy run with Tess, Hillside loop = 32 mins

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5 comments:

  1. Allan Fotheringham30 March 2011 at 12:56

    Hi Rick,
    I have been folowing your blog for a while, it's great. Fantastic about your winnings at the Liverpool Marathon. Good luck in London. :-)

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  2. RICK'S RUNNING30 March 2011 at 17:02

    Thanks Allan :]

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  3. Samurai Running31 March 2011 at 08:33

    I remember that song! Nice!

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  4. Ewen31 March 2011 at 23:38

    Maybe that's how those blokes did the running on water videos - they wore dodgy Garmins!

    Yes, with Marius watching you'd better cut the all-night partying and walking up the sandhills with Tess instead of running.

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  5. RICK'S RUNNING1 April 2011 at 00:46

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