Tag Archives: Hills

8 Week 10k Training Plan

I’ve created an 8 week training plan for the 10k distance.  It has been designed so that you can put any date of a 10k event in and it will generate two 8 week training plans. There are two versions … Continue reading

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Kaizen Run Club does FLAT hills!

Tuesday night at Kaizen Run Club trains for the Santa Dash and we did some hill work… I have a saying with hills… don’t call them hills.  Don’t even think about them as hills.  Look down at the ground and … Continue reading

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Thursday Thoughts

After my run this morning, I had quite few thoughts for Thursday. 1.     It seems that Spring has finally sprung! I haven’t run in the morning for over two weeks (due to my cold and forced rest)… and this morning … Continue reading

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Wk1 – 17.3M hilly in the wind and rain with ja

I had planned on doing about 20 mile this weekend, but when the opportunity to run less distance over hills with Julie Ann came along I thought that would be a good idea. We ended up doing just over 17 … Continue reading

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Long run plans and excuses excuses

 This week didn’t exactly go to plan, but I’m still kind of in holiday mode and don’t want to rush back to training to quickly. 😉  On Tuesday night our washing machine packed in, so with a new one getting … Continue reading

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Wk1 – 40 minutes of hills then Bodypump Express

I had a rather optimistic 7 miles of hills planned this morning, but I arranged to run with Jackie before her body pump class, and as it was the first hill session of the year, I decided it would be … Continue reading

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WK31 – 5M treadmill hills then Insanity Day 14

Wednesday night and it was pouring so I decided to run on the treadmill. I like running in the rain, but I knew I had to do an Insanity workout after my run, so I didn’t want to do it … Continue reading

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Wk30 – 5.55k of 3 x 5 hills then Insanity Day 11

Wednesday night and it was hill reps followed by Insanity Day 11: Cardio Power and Resistance. After the pressure I had put on myself to run a fast 10k on Wednesday, I thought hill reps would be a great idea to … Continue reading

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Wk21 – 10.25M hilly Pollock Park

Wednesday night and I had a slightly hilly 10 miles around Pollock Park planned.  I’ve realised I prefer running in the morning – getting it out of the way, so I don’t put it off… but 10 miles (1:20) is … Continue reading

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Wk18 – 16M Newton Mearns hilly

Saturday morning before we fly out to Portugal, and I wanted to get a long run with hills in.  Since the marathon the most I’ve run was 11 miles and it was nice and comfortable… I really felt like I … Continue reading

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