Monday - an old man
Tuesday - a middle aged man - 15 minutes on the cross trainer
Wednesday - a man in his 40's
Thursday - almost myself - 15 minutes cross trainer and 15 minutes on the bike in the gym
Friday - felt normal and ran 6.5 miles easy. Felt ok until I ran down a hill and my quads creaked badly!
Saturday - sneaked a 4 mile easy run in the glorious Easter sunshine
Sunday - 6.5 miles steady in the sun - left hip stiffened at the end
19 miles in the week which to be honest I had written off as a non event and expected to be running free.
My big thoughts for the week are what is next? I am a firm believer in steady incremental increases in milage and have a new strategy to keep my milage in the 35 - 45 miles a week range through the following strategy.
5 miles gym treadmill interval session
10 miles approx with Tring running club
10 miles tempo run
Weekly long run - ranging from 10 - 20 miles
This will allow me to develop improved endurance for marathons and hopefully longer races in the future.
Finally the last sections shoes! I am keen to continue my progression on the minimal foot ware front, and have purchased a pair of NB MT101's which I first used this week and felt good if not for the calf tightening at the end which is to be expected running in a fore foot manner. My shoes also need to be monitored for wear. From this moment onwards I am going to mention the shoes I use weekly and the milage they get so they can be phased out at 500 miles. This is the age profile so far (estimates for all but the NB's):
Asics DS 16 - 200 miles - used for long road runs
Mizuno Musha 2's -200 miles - used for short road, treadmill and dry trail runs
Innov 8 Roclite 315 - 300 miles - used for longer trail runs
NB MT101's - 6.5 miles - trail runs to mid length at present
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