Morning All
DM / LMH : No danger of me joinging you both in your IM exploits, I simply do not have the time to train for one even though I would like too. Have hardly cycled for months as MrsDD gets upset if I train early in the morning of both weekend days and there is no other time when I can fit in a long run and a long cycle when the roads are at least a little quieter than the normal Dubai madness.
Sandrunner: Was talking to the Dubai marathon RD last night they have 1800 entries, so would guess 1400 will run.
PM2: thanks for the vote of confidence, I beleive that I can amaze myself if I can get to the start line well.
TT / Alehouse and others, hear you loud and clear re tapering. But this raises a further question for which I would be grateful to hear others opinions.
As a 60+ mile a week runner when marathon training my planed mileage for the last 4 weeks is/ was as follows 65 / 50 / 32 / 20 (for the 6 days prior to the race). So far I have stuck to this plan (were in the 32 mile week now) but what I have been trying to do is keep the intensity high, hence last nights gallop around the park.
Now the question is what would others consider as keeping the intensity high? 1 tempo run & 1 interval session per week during the taper, perhaps reducing the distance of the tempo run and the number of intervals each week (my approach) or reduce the pace or reduce the pace and the distance / number?
What: Nowt
Why: taper
Last Hard: Last night
Last Rest: Today, off to see DR this afternoon, still not 100% but better than I was.
Lyrics: No but should have got yesterdays
