“There is no substitute for work. It is the price of success”
Earl Black
This week it was back on track by pushing hard and discovering my limits.
A strong beginning to the week with extra sessions (mostly abs and strengthening) in the evenings on monday to wednesday, was backed up with my longest run ever on friday, albeit quite slow. It was a tough run, and by 30km I was starting to feel stiff but then my music played the “Bryan Habana” song and that inspired me to push through. My battery on my MP3 ran out with 5km to go and that made the last 5km tough. Usually my feet get sore at about 30km but this time I only started to feel it around 40km. However my hamstrings felt very stiff about 43km which made running tough and I didn’t feel I could have run much further.
After initially feeling pretty good for running 50km I started to think how can I run another 40km on top of that!
This was also the highest mileage I have done in 1 week ever. The 3 runs at the beginning of the week often feel harder than the higher mileage at the end of the week!
With 224 days to go I still have plenty of work to do. Next week I shall have an easier week and aim for 90km.
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Training for week Mon 29 Oct – Sun 4 Nov |
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Mon 29 Oct |
7km intervals, 1 hour total trainer |
| Tues 30 Oct |
20km, 30′ cycle |
| Wed 31 Oct | 15km, weights |
| Thurs 1 Nov | 2 hours total trainer |
| Fri 2 Nov | 50km |
| Sat 3 Nov | 10km, 30′ total trainer |
| Sun 4 Nov | 20km |
| Weekly mileage | 122km |
“Success is not a destination that you ever reach.
Success is the quality of the journey”
Jennifer James
November 5th, 2007 at 7:38 am
Woah, that’s some serious mileage, but I think you’re getting ahead of yourself a bit. No need to that much so far ahead of the race, there’s plenty of time still. Too much risk of getting injured, what plan are you following?
November 8th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for your comments. Have you run Comrades before?
As this will be my first Comrades I am concentrating on building a strong base and increasing the mileage.
I am following my own training program.