I wrote in my last post on 17th May:
"My goal is now to follow (Maffetone) to a great sub four hour October marathon. This means running with Heart Rate Monitor at controlled low heart rate (140 bpm) for up to 50 miles per week for the next three months... "
On the positive side, my training log says I kept on running and didn't sit in front of the tv munching Mars bars and drowning sorrows with wine… on the less positive side, I'm not getting 50mpw because there are distractions in life…
w/c 17th May 23mpw
w/c 24th May 15mpw
w/c 31st May 41mpw
This is my run blog with details of runs
http://www.runsaturday.com/Profile/Blog/UserName/Spitfire
Realistically 30 - 40 mpw is target going forward… let's see how it goes...
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Monday, 17 May 2010
From then till now ..
On approaching forty and three stone overweight in July07, rather than buying new suits with extra large trousers, i spent the money on joining a gym near work & getting a personal trainer.
In Oct07 I was running with Brentwood's Thift Green Trotters & in Oct08 ran the Dublin Marathon. Soon after I joined up with Billericay Striders & in Apr10 ran the London Marathon.
Both marathons became hell at 20 miles and left me distinctly disappointed after following a 'marathon training plan' that indicated that I could do better ...
I bought a book:
>> Phil Maffetone: The Maffetone Method: The Holistic, Low-Stress, No-Pain Way to Exceptional Fitness
and read this on-line article
>> Hadd: http://www.counterpartcoaching.com/hadd.pdf
My goal is now to follow these to a great sub four hour October marathon. This means running with Heart Rate Monitor at controlled low heart rate (140 bpm) for up to 50 miles per week for the next three months... let's see how it goes
In Oct07 I was running with Brentwood's Thift Green Trotters & in Oct08 ran the Dublin Marathon. Soon after I joined up with Billericay Striders & in Apr10 ran the London Marathon.
Both marathons became hell at 20 miles and left me distinctly disappointed after following a 'marathon training plan' that indicated that I could do better ...
I bought a book:
>> Phil Maffetone: The Maffetone Method: The Holistic, Low-Stress, No-Pain Way to Exceptional Fitness
and read this on-line article
>> Hadd: http://www.counterpartcoaching.com/hadd.pdf
My goal is now to follow these to a great sub four hour October marathon. This means running with Heart Rate Monitor at controlled low heart rate (140 bpm) for up to 50 miles per week for the next three months... let's see how it goes
Saturday, 15 May 2010
First post
Forrest Gump: [running] I had run for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours. [he stops and turns around]
Young Man Running: Quiet, quiet! He's gonna say something!
Forrest Gump: [pause] I'm pretty tired... I think I'll go home now.
this is how i chose the title of my blog... i'm trying it out to see how it goes
Forrest Gump: [pause] I'm pretty tired... I think I'll go home now.
this is how i chose the title of my blog... i'm trying it out to see how it goes
this is picture taken by Dave Sweet from Billericay Striders of me at 20 miles .. first Virgin London Marathon in April 2010
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