Sunday 9 August 2009

BIG TRAINING WEEK

DUNE
Sat 8th

It was a beautiful sunny day as I set out on a long steady run over the big s
and dune paths and through the pinewoods. 3/4 way into the run I noticed I could no longer feel my tongue it had become some what dehydrated, the sensation felt kind of scary.
Anyway I finished with 2 hours 11 mins and the first thing I did as got home was to drink a cool pint of water, aaah a pint of beer would have been nicer BUT....
Barry's put me through a tough week, what with 3 hard sessions plus a speed session. Next week sees me
Race the Final Haigh Hall 4 mile hill race of the summer, this is also a club Grand Prix race Grand Prix Table[ I'm still leading the club G.P. by default, which is a bit embarrassing As I'm in charge of the G.P. this year].
After that there will be some more hard training before my major target THE HAR
ROCK HILL RACE later in the month.








Training fo
r the week
Sun 9th
Easy run sandhills with Jon [ felt tired] = 1.21
Sat

Long easy aerobic run, sandhills- pinewoods = 2.11
Fri
10 x 200m on the beach, max speed 13.6 mph = 55 mins
Thur
3 x 5 mins hill reps = 50mins
Wed
Easy aerobic run big sandhills = 1.35
Tue 4 x 2 min hills = 55 mins
Mon
3 k of hard effort plus easy running = 1.44

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2 comments:

Ewen said...

That's a solid week Rick. Barry's a tough coach! I guess the pints of beetroot juice you've been drinking helps the recovery.

Love that photo of Percy leading Herb up the sandhills.

RICK'S RUNNING said...

HI EWEN,
A mate once lent me one of Percy's books, it was a great read and I often think of him and his gang of runners as I blast up and down my local the sand dunes.