Posted in Dublin Marathon, Leeds 10K, Scarborough, The Three Peaks, marathon, training
Tags: Dublin Marathon 2009, Leeds 10K, The Three Peaks
I’ve just received an email from the Dublin Marathon 2009 newsletter with title “Start training for your marathon attempt now!”. After running three marathons in less than a year, I’m feeling a little worn out. I was hoping for a little bit more time to enjoy running for it’s own sake.
I’ve been in near-continuous training for nearly eighteen months now, with the odd few weeks resting here and there after each marathon. So after Paris I wanted to really relax and recover and not actually train for anything. I’m not saying I don’t want to go running anymore – I just didn’t want to start training for another event so soon.
Unfortunately my Three Peaks attempt has put paid to that somewhat. It’s only four weeks away and requires it’s own level of training (walking the equivalent of a marathon over three of Yorkshire’s highest peaks). However, I’ve already committed to it and I don’t intend to renege on this promise.
If I started training for Dublin now, that would give me (roughly) six months to train. Considering that I’ve run several marathons before I think this is more than enough time for me. In fact, I’m even willing to gamble and not start marathon training until the end of May. Training for the Leeds 10K (on June 21st) will be in full swing by then anyway, so I hope I’ll be more rested and be back into that competitive running frame of mind by then.
Posted May 1st, 2009 by Simon
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Posted in Dublin Marathon, Edinburgh Marathon, Leeds 10K, base training, marathon, training
Tags: base training, fartlek, hill work
After giving myself a few days to rest after the Leeds 10k, I started last week on the first phase of my training for my next big challenge, the Dublin Marathon 2008. After running Edinburgh, I think there is room for improvement. I plan to run Dublin in a time of 5h30m, which would shave nearly an hour off my Edinburgh time. That would be quite an improvement on my Edinburgh time – if I can achieve it. To meet this ambitious target, I’ve now embarked on an intensive “base training” schedule.
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Posted July 9th, 2008 by Simon
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Posted in Leeds 10K
Tags: exhaustion, Leeds, Leeds 10K
From here on in the run was fairly standard. I was expecting the field to thin out a little the further up the pack I moved, but with approximately 11,000 runners competing, there was sign of this happening. I had deliberately tried to keep to a natural pace and not go too fast. After I rounded the turning point at Claremont Crescent, about half a kilometre after the halfway point, I decided to really let my legs open up and start running, rather than jogging.
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Posted June 25th, 2008 by Simon
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Posted in Leeds 10K
Tags: Edinburgh Marathon, Leeds, Leeds 10K
A long time ago, it feels like now, I applied for the London Marathon. Then I applied for the Leeds 10k as well. Unfortunately, I didn’t get in to the London Marathon and ran the Edinburgh Marathon instead. however, this only left three weeks to recover and train again for the Leeds 10k. Which is what brought me to Leeds city centre yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted June 25th, 2008 by Simon
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Posted in Leeds 10K
Just a quick note to say that I successfully completed the Leeds 10k in 1:01:23. I’ll be posting a complete account of my run later.
Posted June 23rd, 2008 by Simon
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Posted in Dublin Marathon, Edinburgh Marathon, Leeds 10K, marathon, training
Tags: Dublin Marathon, Edinburgh Marathon, Leeds 10K, recovery, training
After the marathon I took a couple of days of to recover and to regroup. For the rest of that week, I was on a high. I was surprised by how soon I recovered. Within three days of the event my muscles had stopped aching and I didn’t feel overly tired or exhausted at all. One of the decisions I made that week was to run another marathon. I couldn’t start training immediately for one, however, because I had already committed to running in another event.
So the focus has switched to my next fundraising event: the Leeds 10k. I applied for this before I applied for the London Marathon and before I had even heard of the Edinburgh Marathon (I ran in Edinburgh because I couldn’t get into London). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted June 12th, 2008 by Simon
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