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12 week Marathon Training Plan (sneak preview)
As I’ve already mentioned, I’m planning on training for a marathon this Spring. I aim to include around 465 miles of running over 13 weeks, and compliment my running with strength work, rest and plenty of good food, water (nutrition) … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Marathon, My Training
Tagged 12 week, health, healthy-living, marathon, plan, strength work, training, work rest
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Thursday thoughts…
It’s Thursday and I rather gratefully took yesterday off as a full rest day… the Ironing was piling up, and it had to be done, and it’s usually my punishment for skiving off exercise, so I took the housework and … Continue reading
Training Plan Wk6
Here’s what I did in week 5 of my training for the Highland Fling: Mon: AM: 5M easy Rest, PM: 30 mins Upper weights, Bodypump, 5 mile easy run home. Tue: AM: Kettlebell, PM: Swim or run Rest Day Wed: … Continue reading
7 week Half Marathon plan
Following my post yesterday about how to increase your mileage from 10k up to half marathon distance, another friend asked me if I thought it would be too much of an ask for him to aim to run a half … Continue reading
Review of January 2012
January marked the first four weeks training for the Highland Fling for me. Off the back of my Winter Strength Workout Challenge, I was continuing with weights and increasing my runs again. The plan was to train with a 2 weekly … Continue reading
Training Plan Wk2
Training in week 1 didn’t go exactly to plan… a little more rest than planned, and a little less strength work… but I was still sort of on holiday, so I took week 1 as an easy week. 🙂 Here’s … Continue reading
Training Plan Wk1
This week is the first week of my training for the Highland Fling. It’s been a week off work up to now (I’m back to work on Thursday morning… boooooo – but at least it’s only for two days). I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Highland Fling, Training Plans, Ultramarathon
Tagged fling, highland fling, plan, run, training
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Highland Fling Ultra Training Plan
I’ve set up my training plan for the Highland Fling which takes place on the 28th April 2012. (A 53 mile multi-terrain ultra run along the West Highland Way from Milngavie to Tyndrum.) I’ll have around 16 – 17 weeks to … Continue reading
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Tagged 53, fling, highland, marathon, miles, plan, training, ultra
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The end of my Winter Ultra Run Challenge…how has it gone?
It is coming to the end of my Winter Ultra Run Challenge, where I was going to test myself (and my training plan) to see if I thought I could run the 53 miles that is the Highland Fling from … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Ultramarathon, West Highland Way
Tagged challenge, fling, highland, long, plan, run, running, strength, ultra, west highland way
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The end of this week and Long Run Training Plans
This weeks training I feel like I’ve had a rather quiet week (that was the plan), it’s been a bit strange. Sort of enforced rest from running, and no pressure to run has meant that I’ve only run once, on … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Training Plans, West Highland Way
Tagged plan, run, training, west highland way, WHW
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