This is week 2 of my 12 week training plan for the Run Auckland Half Marathon in mid July. In short the plan calls for four runs a week made up of a short/recovery run on Tuesday a longer run on Thursday which later on into the plan will be the tempo run, a really short run on the Saturday (which I will be skipping as I'm only running three days a week) and the weekly long run on the Sunday.
This week suggests a 7k (slow hills) on Tuesday and 11 k on Thursday and 15k on the weekend.
Tuesday's run ended up being 6 k but consisted of two good sized hills which certainly got the heart rate up. It's a while since I've run hills so it was good to get out and take on some hilly terrain again.
- Distance 6 km (3.75 miles)
- Time 35:25
- Pace 5:51 min k's (9:24 miles)
- Max HR 172
- Ave HR 153
Thursday's run was almost 11k and was pretty flat. Four laps of my regular Auckland Domain Loop.
Lap times were 13:55, 13:50, 13:45 & 13:55 so pretty consistent.
The old numb foot was back as usual around the 30 minute mark. I stopped stretched when this became too uncomfortable. In general the lower legs and my shin felt a bit ugly for the whole run for some reason but I stuck at it.
- Distance - 10.9 km (6.8 miles)
- Time 55:05
- Pace 5:02 min k's (8:06 min miles)
- Max HR 169
- Ave HR 156
I've been icing my shin like mad for the last two days morning and night hoping that it will be okay for the weekends run. I'm hoping that with a two day break until Sunday it will be allright. If it feels too sore on Sunday I won't risk further damage and will go for a bike ride instead.
Other plans for the weekend;
- Jack's soccer game tomorrow morning. Still looking for our first win after going down 2-1 in the first game and then drawing 1-1 last week. The kids are loving it though and the coach/ref is doing alright too.
- Tomorrow night the boys are staying with their grandparents and Michelle and I are off to watch the New Zealand Warriors Rugby League side take on the Cronulla Sharks from Sydney. The Warriors have been going pretty well this season with four wins from six games and should be able to make that five wins pretty comfortably tomorrow night.
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Friday, 4 May 2007
Week 2 of 12
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2 comments:
Nice week. The key is consistent miles and the reward will come in July. Hope your foot co-operates on the long run.
You may want to lay off the hills until your shins heel. Hope you're able to work through the foot situation. The numbness in mine has gone away for now; so there is hope for you.
Best of luck with your son's soccer game.
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