A personal note My taper is turning out to be, well, unstructured. I want to run more. I don’t want to run too much. I skip runs if there is just I hint that I don’t want to do it. I set out for 18 km then settle for 12. This morning rain tapped on my...
Staleness Woke up easily for my run but felt stale and uninspired. Unusual. I didn’t look forward to running as I normally do. I worked through whether I have been running too much. not really. The alternative of going to the gym and cycling a bit, or doing the...
Notes from 1946 For 6 years through the World War II years, the Comrades Marathon wasn’t run. In 1946 it started again with a field of 22 of which 8 finished. Winner in a time of 7:02:40 was Bill Cochrane, who had also won the 1935 run. Morris Alexander in his...
The taper in practice The best part of last Saturday’s 2-hour run was how I felt in the last 3 km -as if I could have gone on all day at that effort level. Which is just as well because in less than 3 weeks I’ll have to do just that – run most of the...
Tapering – tweaking the power Day 1 rest Day 2 easy 8 km (mapmyrun.com says its 8.72) Day 3 the same 8 km. This time pushing harder in the last 3.5 km, surging on the 6 little hills, easy on the 30-50 m between. Not too much but faster than yesterday. 1 min 20...
