The pressure is on!

Coming in to the 4^th week of training - a weekend plan that I failed to follow, again! I am close to finding out that I might have underestimated the lead time to train for a Sub-2.

Week # / Date	Distance	Ave. Time / km	% Heart Rate Ave.	Est fin 21k
Barley/Nov.'13	21.35	0:05:36	?	1:59:43
TGT/Oct. 24	25k	0:06:20	90%	2:38:20
TGT/Oct. 31	21k	0:05:55	90%	2:04:15
1 / Aug. 23	16k	0:06:44	88%	2:21:24
2 / Aug. 29	16k	0:06:22	91%	2:13:42
3 / Sept. 5	19k	0:06:51	84%	2:23:51
4 / Sept.12	20k	0:06:25	89%	2:14:45
5 / Sept.19	21k	0:06:30	89%	2:16:30
6 / Sept.26	16k	0:06:15	90%	2:11:15
7 / Oct. 3	18k	0:06:15	90%	2:11:15
8 / Oct.10	20k	0:06:15	90%	2:11:15
9 / Oct. 17	21k	0:06:10	90%	2:09:30
10 / Oct. 24	25k	0:06:20	90%	2:13:00
11 / Oct.31	21k	0:05:55	90%	2:04:15
12 / Nov. 7	21k	0:05:50	90%	2:02:30
D-Day Nov 15	21k	0:05:45	90%	2:00:45

I found 2013’s New Balance 25k and Sante Barley’s 21k race data and plotted them in my training plan in the hope to get the same output.  Given that I have been cigarette-free for a long time now, and the lead time to prepare for it, I think I’m on the right track.  All that’s missing is an actual race sometime in October to serve as a pre-race conditioning.

From the highlighted boxes above, I find the remaining weeks training plan a bit hard to reach.  Which is good because this is exactly the right mind set I’m supposed to have for me to focus.  I just agreed to do a bike ride with Jek to Antipolo this weekend.  A ride on tired legs will be good conditioning as well.

Going in to week 5 of training, tonight I have a company bowling tournament to attend to.  Reliving my previous bowling employment engagement before, the events that will happen tonight will have some damaging effect on my training – beer and late night rest might probably cancel my morning weekday run tomorrow, that will make me do successive active days to make up for it – an injury in the making.  Now let’s see how this goes.

Week 3 Training – Sore hammy & getting a bit structure

I just did a 5k speed play this morning and as expected, turned out to be sore but satisfying.  I did manage to reach sub-30.  

I am doing a little reading again on different training plans.  I feel the need to do a structured approach on this coming in to week 4.  Although I have been doing LSD for the past 3 weekends, I feel it is not enough or am I just too eager to get back into shape?  

The eagerness helps a lot in making me get out of bed in the morning.  It also keeps me driven to do that extra push when I feel I should stop.  So far the sore hammy I have right now made me aware of my limits.  I will give this a rest tomorrow and do easy runs on the rest of the weekday runs just to be sure.

Week # / Date	Distance	Ave. Time	% Heart Rate Ave.
1 / Aug. 23	16k	6:44/km	88%
2 / Aug. 29	16k	6:22/km	91%
3 / Sept. 5	19k	6:51/km	84%
4 / Sept 12	21k (?)	7:00/km(?)	80%(?)

Going back to the running plans, I will do my LSD this weekend within the correct measure at 70-80 percent (as opposed to last LSD’s 84% average).  I will also look into giving that 10% increase in mileage.  Cross train on the bike at an easy stroll.

Let’s see how this goes.  #ontheroadtosub2