15 miles of race pace. It was harder today than it has been, but what really encourages me is the fact that my legs are absolutely fine for the rest of the day! Which is good because it was also Chloe's birthday party and we went climbing. The map for my runs all look the …
Author: xlprunner
Running the 2019 London Marathon in aid of The XLP Research Trust https://www.xlpresearchtrust.org/ Training hard and hopefully inspiring others to join me on the journey.
11 Apr – Tempo Thursday!
Tempo and long run are my happy place... but this one loomed large for me. 4 miles (easy) at 7min per mile (not easy). This would be all out, balls to the wall, going for it pacing to try to get below threshold. So off I went, safe in the knowledge that this was a …
8 Apr – Monday Speed
It's the Easter break, which gives me a little more time in the morning, so my Monday speed session became a morning session rather than in the evening. The plan called for 7 lots of 800m at 7:15 pace. Which I completely failed to stick to... And ended up doing 6min30s or thereabouts. Oh well! …
6 Apr – It’s a biggie!
The last biggest run of the training plan and I was keen to rekindle the metronomic pacing of the previous biggie. The more I can practice that pacing the easier the race day will be. Not bad. A 7min 53 average per mile would put me under the hoped for 3hr30min threshold. Come on! Here's …
4 Apr – Tempo Thursday!
My Thursday runs are some of my favourites. The hard and fast effort makes it feel worthwhile. The plan said for 7 min 20 per mile so coming off the back of that with 7 min 14 secs per mile average was great. And again, the fast, flat route that I've got going on here …
2 Apr – Nice and gentle
To save my back, and generally ease in to the week I decided that this run should be a gentle race pace run again. 7mins 50 per mile for a gentle four miles was just what the doctor ordered and helped to bring back some of the confidence after the back injury at the weekend. …
30 Mar – The Highs and Lows
Quite simply the most confidence inspiring run I've done to date. 15 miles of metronomic pacing, all practicing the marathon race pace of 7:50 per mile. Tick tock. I mean look at those times! I was super happy. I wasn't tired at the end. I felt like I could have gone on and completed the …
28 Mar – Tempo Thursday
Short, sharp, fast and fun. A 5 mile blast at 7 mins per mile. My pace and form were good with my Heart Rate only increasing towards the end as I pushed for the 7 mins per mile average (needed a 06:48 final mile). Also, I've found my new favourite short route. This five miler …
26 Mar – When Monday becomes Tuesday
A Monday night speed work session was not possible because of time (and motivation) and so I simply planned a Monday morning Strava Segment hunt. I identified for different segments that could potentially be linked together in a single run, but settled on three segments that seemed doable. My mates and I have a rule …
23 Mar – Oooooh. Long one!
A 20 mile training ride? Go on then. This weekend is a Leader's Retreat weekend for church, which means we need to be ready to get together at 9am... so I need to get 20 miles in before that, and then have breakfast and wash up before meeting the others! So up at 5am and …
Pete Bond's London Marathon Adventure for XLP 