2023-08-18 Weekly Blog

This week (and a bit) training was:

Intervals 5x 1k on 1 min rest with warmup/cooldown for a 6.5k run. Average running pace was 4:14 min/km. 1k pb set here 3:52 min for the km (Mon)

A 5k to the Gym where a car beeped at me and I accidentially ran a PB on adrenaline. 4:16 min/km. (Tue)

A hot but really well paced 6.5k with Charlotte.

A cop out interval session on a treadmill 45s at 3:30 min/km (30s at target pace after belt spin up), 2 min at 6:45 pace.

15 k around Frome 5:15 min/km pace always very hilly.

10 100m hill sprints, 2.5 anerobic effort still working on this sesion as I think it needs to be hitting a 3+ anerobic effort. Average sprint speed was 3:56 min/km. (Sat)

Bit of a gap

8.4k run at 5:05 pace. (Tue)

This week (and a bit was a weird one), I did a couple of unexpected PBs then we went away for a bit where I did some running in Frome. Then went on a minibreak for 2 days with no running. After getting home the 8.4k felt really really stong, but the following day I had a very odd feaver that lasted about 12h so I didnt do a gym workout and then took the following day off as well.

Shoe nerding ahead

I have new shoes, Hoka Rocket X, for Parkrun tomorow. I will do a gym workout tonight so the next update will be a quick update with a bit on that. On a side note I am very sad that the X2 seem to be completly out of stock as I dont like the look of the X3 upper. The Carbon X-SPE I bought were a mistake dead cheap but basically a Carbon x 1.5, I will use them for my daily shoe once my last pair of X2 wear out. Hopefully the Rocket X will be a good raceday holdover utill the Rocket X2 come down in price and then I hope to get a Mach X for the daily runs once the X-SPE wear out.

All in a weird week and a half the 5k PB was downhill but still appreciated, lets see how parkrun goes with a new pair of shoes and well rested!

Personal Bests

  • 1k: 3:39, Dec 23 2024
  • 1mi: 5:59, Jan 25 2025
  • 5k: 19:09, Jan 25 2025
  • Parkrun: 19:09, Jan 25 2025 (Coventry)
  • 10k: 41:25, Feb 02 2025 (Warwick HM)
  • Half: 1:27:47, Feb 02 2025 (Warwick HM)
  • Marathon: 3:36:59, Mar 03 2024 (Oulton GP)
  • 50k: 5:22:35, Mar 29 2025 (Bath 50)
  • 50 Miles: 11:44:14, Mar 01 2025 (Rassselbock BYU)
  • 100k: 14:46:51, Mar 01 2025 (Rassselbock BYU)
  • Longest: 134.04km, Mar 01 2025 (Rassselbock BYU 19:59:27)

My Current goals

  • Road Distance/Time goals:
    • 5k: 21:00 18:30
    • 10k: 45:00 40:00
    • Half: 1:45:00 1:25:00
    • Marathon: 4:00:00 3:45:00 3:10:00
    • Ultras:
      • 50k: 5:30:00 5:00:00
      • 50 mile: 10 hours
  • Trail Ultras:
    • Distance goals:
      • Complete a 50 mile
      • Complete a 100 km
      • Complete a 100 mile (Postponed for the foreseeable)
    • Position Goals
      • Come top 50% in my age category on a fell run
      • Come top 25% overall on a fell run
      • Get to 25% consistently on runs
  • Other:
    • 24 hour race
    • Backyard Ultra
      • 12 Laps (50 mile)
      • 18 Laps (75 mile)
      • 24 Laps (100 Mile) (Postponed for the foreseeable)
    • Peaks
      • Summit all three highest UK peaks on 3 separate fell runs. Scafell Snowdon Ben Nevis
    • Coventry Way

Upcoming Events

Booked

  • 27/04/2025 Shakespeare marathon (Pacing 4:00:00)
  • 12/07/2025 Race to the Stones (Finish)

2025

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2024

2024-01-28 Weekly Blog

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Personal Bests 1k: 3:39, Dec 23 2024 1mi: 5:59, Jan 25 2025 5k: 19:09, Jan 25 2025 Parkrun: 19:09, Jan 25 2025 (Coventry) 10k: 41...

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2023

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