Looking at this looming large in the plan scared the heck out of me! 7min 20 is quite a hard mile! And 7 of them in a row, without breaks, is tough for me. But I managed it! And loved it. It meant an earlier get up, and looking ahead there's a 10 mile tempo …
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.
23 Jan – Garage Weights
Wasn't feeling it, but got it done. The last thing I want when I get up, is to plank and do pushups. I feel so weak in the morning! But I did it and I felt great afterwards. Hopefully I'll be noticing the benefits and changes soon, which will motivate me to carry on! Anyway. …
21 Jan – Bit of Fartlek
Me and my good buddy Joel met up for a run tonight. Turned out to be 6 miles and we did Fartlek on the way round. If you don't know, Fartlek (or speed play) is simply picking a point in the distance and sprinting to it, then chilling for a bit and repeat. Sure, the …
20 Jan – Sunday Halfie
This should have been a Saturday half marathon, but on waking up on Saturday a perfect storm of reasons kept me from getting up. It was early, cold, raining and my knee hurt... Plus I had a morning of helping my in laws remove their roof on their house, so I slept instead. Great choice! …
17 Jan – 5 miles at 7:20 pace
This old chestnut. Just about scraped in under the 7:20 per mile pace, which was tough, but what was interesting was giving 180bpm music a go on the run. I'm not sure it really helped that much. It felt like I was rushing, but I wasn't really moving any faster. I'm going to come back …
16 Jan – Garage Session II
I find planking so difficult. I had a mini plank competition with Sophie (daughter) and Jules (wife) and lost horribly. So my garage core strength sessions are key to making progress! The same set as last time. 3 reps of a 7 minutes set with a one minute rest between each rep. The set is …
15 Jan – A slight delay
I should have been running last night whilst in Sherbourne, but I didn't go to Sherbourne... Soooo..... Cancelled? Nope; just delayed until the following morning. The plan said 4x1200m repeats at 7:20/mile or less, so I found a nice, quiet 1 mile stretch of road and got to it. It was dark, quiet and great. …
12 Jan – Saturday Halfie
The Saturday morning long run has been a favourite of mine for a couple of years now. I tried to do the whole of 2018 with a half marathon every weekend but was foiled by the stress fracture in my leg. So far so good on 2019! The plan called for 10 miles at between …
10 Jan – should have been tempo
I had a flat tire to mend on my bike before this morning's commute, so I wasn't able to get our for my morning tempo run. Knowing this, I decided to take the opportunity last night (9 Jan), to run to a friend's house for a meeting we had planned. So I worked out a …
9 Jan – Workout session
I came up with a plan for the garage workout and gave it a go. It fits in with my schedule and definitely works the core... If you can read my scribble, it basically says 5 min warmup followed by 3 sets of 7 min beast with a 1 min rest between sets. The garage …
Pete Bond's London Marathon Adventure for XLP 