I am now on Week 9 of my Sub-2 training and
it hurts to say that I have rolled the dice and it fell in a Snake pit. It took me back to 2 weeks worth of training,
as what I felt in yesterday’s long run.
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| Got to love that trail! @Timberland |
Snake pits I’m talking about started on Week
7, where I missed my long run session because the “cross-training” became the
base training. I went trail biking that
got complicated because I had to bike 1 hour to get money to pay for our
food! It was quite funny at the time and
I felt I needed the extra workout so I volunteered. Yes, it did give me the workout I needed… and
more!
As with most learning experiences I had to go
through with it the bad way, as the mid-day heat caught up with me and left me
drained. Not to mention my battered
shins from the “falls” I had at Basekamp that added to the exhaustion.
Prior to that week it seemed that I landed on
a Ladder as I have managed to do a 15k at an average 6:04/km run at 92%hr. I deviated from the training plan as I wanted
to know how fast I can go with an extra effort.
And it didn’t disappoint. Weekday
runs also were decent speed plays averaging 5:45/km for 5k runs at good
90%hr. It would have been great if that
continued, and I thought it would.
Coming into this week I already did two
consecutive weekday 5k runs and hopefully catch a decent long run this
weekend. There’s a plan to stay over at
a hotel this weekend. Its near MOA so
it’s a good spot for a run. Too bad I’ll
miss the weekend bike ride again. If it
doesn’t materialize then it’s the usual weekend run-bike sessions for me. Yey!
With a few more weeks to go I am still hoping
to do better. I probably have to go back to week5 again to regain momentum and
hope for the best for the remaining 5weeks.
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
|
0:06:20
|
90%
|
2:13:00
|
6 / Sept.25
|
15k
|
0:06:04
|
92%
|
2:07:24
|
7 / Oct. 3
|
missed
|
missed
|
missed
|
missed
|
8 / Oct.11
|
16k
|
0:06:17
|
90%
|
2:11:57
|
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
|
