Tag: training
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5 miles-8 km
Good miles or junk miles? Sure there was a time when I wouldn’t run less than 12 km at a time. That’s a memory I can’t do now. The thing is, these 5 mile runs in the morning are working for me. They are short enough to recover from before the next run. They are also…
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The 2nd last phase of training
Building for peak mileage The recovery week after the 56 km long run is over. It made me sleep long on Saturday and Sunday and miss the Monday run. Today I wanted to get out the door and did and felt very strong over ~8 km: run 1 of building to the longest week of…
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Two Oceans Marathon
So the long training run for Comrades I’ve been taking this Two Oceans thing quite seriously: tapered, carbo-unloaded (eaten less because I am running less); goodness this morning I jogged just over 1 km down to the gym, gym-cycled 20 min, jogged the 1 click home, to keep moving, flushed and primed. Just as well…
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Last long run coming
Two Oceans Marathon Two Ocean’s marathon coming up soon, less than two weeks. The last extra-long run preparing for Comrades. Two Oceans Marathon – 56 km of Cape Town. Some race it. So it’s a challenge even though any distance, even 100 metres can be a challenge too. But I’m not worried. It’s a test…
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Life through
Streets we run through, as we train every day. Our life we run through too. And life. The wheel-chair homeless person with a vote is back in his shelter after it took so long to rebuild and renew. Fine on a warm summer morning. no so fine in our wet winter.
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Another recovery day
The problem is I like running, I like getting up in the morning, into gear and out the door. And I can’t. That pesky marathon I enjoyed doing is keeping me inside. More accurately I shouldn’t run now, not for the hour and a bit I’d like to. And this year, after all my accidents…
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An ordinary recovery day
Just a little at best recovery workout today. Ran down to the gym, all 1.147 km on sore legs. Mainly so I could check my weight. Great. Starting to get under 88 kg. Hopped on a gym bike for 16 min to get my heart-rate up, my blood pumping without more muscle damage. Back up…
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metal in the legs?
Into the marathon forge Running the Peninsula Marathon unplanned, put metal in my muscles. I’m sure? I ran Redhill Marathon a month ago, rested week then put in two 28km weekend runs. Because my wife didn’t want to risk a marathon so soon after recovering from an illness, I ran this marathon as a R20…
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10, actually 12 things to know about Comrades Hydration
Things to know about Comrades hydration Even if you just want to survive to the end, your survival is more likely the better hydrated you are. It’s the same for any ultra, and it’s even the same for everyday living. There’s a lot of science out there that could help you get it right.…
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Comrades Training 2012. Another good week
Another 48 km in the legs. A solid 4 weeks at this distance with a 22 km long run in it. I know I could do more. But this base will be fine. Hardly need to recover from the runs anymore. Copiong with this distance is a good place to be. Unless something goes wrong…