McMILLAN Elite Training Philosophy

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FEELING GOOD!

Rain gave way to sunshine and just a light whisper of wind by early evening as I set off on my run.
Straight away I felt fresh, hitting marathon pace within a few steps and it felt almost effortless ! This was good, very good!
I ran down to the waterloo rd rugby ground and did Arthur Lydiards LEG SPEED SESSION, REACHING A MAX 14.7 MPH, quite an improvement in only a couple of weeks!
On my way back my speed picked up until I was holding 10mph, once again it felt almost effortless!
I think the return to LYDIARD type training is doing me a world of good, hope I feel this good on sunday when I have a 10k race.
6 x 150m, max 14.7mph = 40 mins

week 11 lydiard base training

it was pretty dam cold and dark out tonight,and it seems summer was only yesterday!
my legs are feeling kind of empty and i feel abit of a wreck right now.
bit worried i might be getting low blood iron like last year,so i've started taking liver tablets as a insurance policy.anyway i think i'll give my body a easy week after next week when i will have done 3 months base aerobic training.
ran down to meet club then ran home the long way to give me 15.22 miles

tue 13th nov
easy run over sandhills with tess,tried to work on recovery = 1.14

wed 14
steady run over the parbold hills = 1.32

thur 15
leg speed session 6x120m 5.33 miles =42 mins

fri 16
core training

sat 17
just a easy short run today as i am running the preston 10 mile race tomorrow.
ran over the sandhill loop with tess. = 38.50

easy run

ran with mad dog tess for 40mins in the sandhills, worked on pose tech
=0.40
total the the week = 9.18

good week of training again,
increased the amount of tempo running to over 1 hour.
got the seaside 10k race next sunday which will be a good indication of
how the lydiard training is going.

My 4 weeks of ARTHUR LYDIARD base training

DISTANCE RUNNING CAN DO STRANGE THINGS TO A MAN!!!

i have now completed 4 weeks of base training,
a typical week looks something like this;
mon 2.00 hr steady inc some tempo running.
tue easy 1 hr
wed hill run steady with tempo pace on hills 1.50
thur 10x 120m on grass with wind or downhill
+ sprint drills 1hr - 1.20
fri rest
sat 2.10-2.30 steady
sun 1hr - 1.30 easy
total 8 - 10hr