Great North Run training: Weeks 5 & 6
Well, when it comes to training, the past two weeks have been uneventful. I’ve been proceeding with my recovery schedule and gradually increasing my training. It’s a very slow build-up and I won’t be able to get up to 13 miles in my training before the race. Gradually, however, my confidence is returning with every week that passes injury-free.
Also, in light of the latest advice, I’ve decided to scrap my old warm-up routine for a new one. Instead of doing fifteen minutes of static stretches (which involves moving the muscles beyond their natural range of movement to increase their elasticity), I’m doing more dynamic stretches, which helps lubricate the joints and warm-up the muscles better.
Dynamic stretches encourages more blood flow to the muscles, which means greater delivery of oxygen and improved flushing away of waste products from exercise (like lactic acid). That’s then followed by a five-minute jog to my usual starting point, where I start as normal.
2 Responses to “Great North Run training: Weeks 5 & 6”
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Jenny Says:
Hey Simon, your Matthew’s doing the Bridge to Brisbane today (10km). He should just about be finished. He was aiming for under an hour, which I think he’ll do easily, however, there is a pretty big hill (aka the Gateway Bridge!) I wish I was doing it with him, but I can’t take the pace anymore, plus Matt shoots off in front anyway!
Hope you’re well, talk soon xx
Comment added on August 29th, 2009 at 22:43 ()
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Simon Frost Says:
That sounds quite impressive! Has he trained for hills though? Otherwise they could knock the stuffing out of him.
Comment added on September 6th, 2009 at 16:38 ()