P + D training for VLM 2013

That's very restrained running NN. I think I would have struggled to keep my ego under control!

I'm just back from an enjoyable 12 miler in bright sunshine, where my Avg pace was 8:26 and my Avg HR was 129.

I'm a bit guilty of running too hard most of the time but I'm going to try and spend the weeks until the 17th of December just accumulating easy miles.

Having said that, I think I'm going to do one or two parkruns. My home parkrun has a fairly nasty hill just before the finish and I'm going to use it to try and see what my maximum HR is. I've never tested that before.

Another easy 8 before work last night , 72 mins average HR 68% rounds the week of at that magical 50 miles

Great effort NN 45 myself hoping for 50 this week..

Easy 6 this morning for me its blowing a gale here.

Only a slight breeze nr Channel Tunnel. 5m to kick start the week, following on the heels of my first 50m week in over 10 months!

44 miles for me last week so well on track for 18/55 plan.  Finished the week with a 14 miler steady run yesterday.

Hello all - still not sure what plan to do - not sure I can fit in all the mid length runs of the 55-70 plan, but up to 55 plan looks a bit light. Was thinking of taking a few miles off the mid length runs during the week on the 55-70 plan and adding to the long run on the weekend......that be ok you think?!

I am slowly building up a base, but have really struggled with various niggles the last few weeks so keep forcing extra rest days. Probably running between 30 and 40 miles a week at moment, with a long run of about 13 to 14 miles on the weekend. Have been running garmin free so no idea of pace or distance, just taking it easy really.

I'm feeling a bit behind the training curve, as last week only totalled 30 miles with a ten mile long run.  I'm guessing you are following the 55-70 plan, as on the

Afternoon all

A lot of good running going on here.

Stutyr - I too am a bit behind, although still building from a marathon.  I was in Tenerife on holiday last week and manage about 20 miles over the 6 days.  It was rather warm even at 8 am and much more hilly than I expected.  No idea what my heart rate was - probably just as well! The main aim was to do some miles and therefore blunt the effects of too much food and drink.

Back to it this week and hopefully up to about 35 miles.

Purchased very expensive new winter running jacket while on hols so have to get use out of it.

Is this right then guys, if my MHR is 195 (not done it yet) i should be doing my runs at 70% which is 133 bpm to me this will feel slow as hell for about twelve weeks??

For some reason my post was cut short - I was just checking that people were following the 55-70 mile plan, as I was feeling comfortable for the

ashman...Yes it will feel really slow, but improvements will happen over the next few months.  If 70% turns out to be 'walking', then stick to your 5k pace (in min/mile) + 3 mins i.e. if you run a 6.50mm 5k, don't bother jogging slower than 9.50mm...

Afternoon

Looks like 50 is the magic number 

I didn't really intend doing a long run this afternoon when I got up, but looking at the weather forecast today was the better option, rather than leaving it till tomorrow.

So 14.25miles in 2 hours 12 all sub 70% , the average was only 65% so pleased with that, especially after a set of 3 night shifts

Ashman whan I started these 70% runs my pace was well over 10 min miles, but now , like today I can run  9.15s, and sometimes after a few really easy days of low miles the pace is 8.50s , it does work I don't know how or why I just do what the book says and follow advice on here...stick with it.

Fiona well done for running while on holiday. All I do if I go somewhere warm is 4-5 miles every other day or so just to keep ticking over , my friends think I am mad taking my trainers on holiday but I just don't feel right if I don't do something

15West no garmin ?? I would feel like I had lost a leg running without mine how do you work out the distance ? map my run ?

Smug day off tomorrow 

stutyr wrote (see)

I'm feeling a bit behind the training curve, as last week only totalled 30 miles with a ten mile long run.  I'm guessing you are following the 55-70 plan, as on the

Hi Stutyr,

I don't know about everyone else but I'm just doing the "up to 55 mile".

I say "just" but tbh that'll be the largest weekly mileage I've ever done and I'm already having doubts about whether I'll manage that.

Night Nurse wrote (see)

15West no garmin ?? I would feel like I had lost a leg running without mine how do you work out the distance ? map my run ?

Educated guess. I know I run about 7 or 8 miles in an hour, and for pace I am just going off feeling. I think it's good practice to leave the garmin at home sometimes, and at moment I am not that bothered about exact distances and paces,

No run for me today, bit of cross training in gym.

Agree with 15West i also sometimes leave my garmin at home and find it great just trusting your feelings as i know roughly give or take a few seconds how fast i'm running. Its great not looking at your watch every few minutes.

Night nurse - I couldn't leave the trainers behind either. Thankfully my OH also likes to do a bit of running so the suitcase was full of running stuff.  I'm going to a conference at the end of the week in Berlin with hand luggage and I'll have running stuff in there too.

15West - I don't always use my Garmin as sometimes it is nice to just go to feel, however, I usually have it so that I don't lose track of time and end up late - a hazard of running before work I suppose.

Ashman - I haven't yet work out my MHR but I fear that I will be going a bit too fast most of the time especially if I consider 5K +3 mins.  That would be 10:45 m/m but I usually stick to 10:00 m/m.

stutyr, i'll hazard a guess that both times your posts were cut short was when you tried to use the less than or greater than symbol on your keyboard (they're to the immediate right of the "M" key on mine). i think this forum doesn't parse them very well (possibly interpretting them as HTML) and will crimp your post at that point.

Cheers Agent Ginger, I think your right as I tried to write "less than" 55 miles using the symbol rather than the words.