Start of the Pennine 100

Sunday, 11 April 2010

A lot to tell you AGAIN


As Julie Andrews said “let’s start at the beginning”.

On the 13 March was Wuthering Hike, a 32 mile run around the Yorkshire Moors. I have done this a couple of times before and like the route and challenge. I wanted to try to finish in five hours and was fairly confident that I could give it a good bash. I had loaded up with beetroot juice again and hoped that this would give me the endurance I felt it had on the Coastal Marathon. I set of at a steady pace and making sure I did not get sucked into racing with the ‘go fasters’ (unlike last year). I kept to my plan throughout the race and only felt like I was fading with five miles to go – so perhaps the beetroot did work. My finish time was just outside my goal at 05:06:23, but seeing as this was my first race since the Coastal Marathon in September, I wasn’t too unhappy. I was 8th Vet 45 and 41st overall.

Over Easter I set myself a mini-epic challenge and decided to run the Oxfordshire Green Belt Way (http://www.greenbeltway.org.uk/) on Saturday with a full pack weighing about 15 lbs. This is a 50 m mile circular route around Oxford. Alison was working on an essay over the weekend, so it was going to be a completely unsupported run with me having to take the bus from Witney to the start at Swinley Toll Bridge (and back again at the end of the run). Unlike this weekend, the weather wasn’t great from the off (cold and windy) and for most of the run I was moving through ankle deep mud or waterlogged fields. Although I managed to get to 40 miles before the heavens opened, the temperature plummeted even further then and I got cold quite quickly. It didn’t help that by this time I was tired and moving fairly slowly. Luckily when I got back to Swinley Toll Bridge I didn’t have to wait too long for a bus home to a very welcome hot bath and a big mug of chocolate. Next time I am going to aim to cut at least an hour of my 10.5 hour time - dropping to a bum bag might help!
Pilates is still going well. I am up to intermediate classes now (much harder) and I am still really enjoying it.
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Training Plan

Week M T W TH F S SU
1 Rest 6-10 miles, including 4x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 7-9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 90-minute run 3-hour run (or about 18 miles)
2 Rest 6-10 Miles, including 4x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 7-9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 90-minute run 3-hour run
3 Rest 6-10 miles, including 2x2 miles at HMP Easy 5-mile jog 7-9 miles, middle 3 at MP (5:00) Rest 2-hour run 3.5-hour run (or about 20 miles)
4 Rest 5-8 miles, including 3x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 6 miles, middle 2 at MP Rest 1.5-hour run 2-hour run
5 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 3.5- to 4-hour run (or about 20-24 miles) 3-hour run
6 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 3.5- to 4-hour run 3-hour run
7 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 mile at HMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 3.5- to 4-hour run 3-hour run, last hour at MP
8 Rest 9 miles, including 3x2 miles at HMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 2-hour run 2.5-hour run
9 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 miles at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 4-hour run 3.5-hour run, last hour at MP
10 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 miles at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 4-hour run 3.5-hour run, last hour at MP
11 Rest 9 miles, including 3x2 miles at HMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 2.5-hour run 3-hour run
12 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 4-hour run 5-hour run (or about 27-29 miles)
13 Rest 9 miles, including 6x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 4-hour run 5-hour run
14 Rest 9 miles, including 4x1 mile at TMP Easy 5-mile jog 9 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 2-hour run 2-hour run
15 Rest 7 miles, including 3x1 mile at MP Easy 5-mile jog 7 miles, middle 3 at MP Rest 1.5-hour run Easy 1-hour jog
16 Rest 6 miles, middle 3 at HMP Easy 5-mile jog Easy 3-mile jog Rest: Stay off your feet 50-mile race Rest. (Duh.)

Key:(MP) Marathon Pace: the pace/effort you can hold in a marathon
(HMP) Half-Marathon Pace: the per-mile average of your best half-marathon
(TMP) 10-Mile Pace: the per-mile pace of your fastest 10-miler
Recovery for HMP/TMP: Jog slowly until you feel fresh enough to start the next repetition.