Choose Day👇

What a week to be a runner in Hastings. I can’t wait until Sunday, it’s going to be amazing. You’ve done so well on your comeback from injury and whilst it would be nice to continue to see that improvement on Sunday I think whatever happens we know you are still progressing. So try not to build it up too much in terms of target times. All that matters to me here is you go out, run strong and enjoy the race. Otherwise what is the point if we don’t enjoy it? Granted parts will be very tough, but overall the whole experience should be fun. Any issues with the schedule let me know. I could swap out a few of the leg exercises for some core work if you wanted?

Coach Simon🍊

119 POINTS TARGET

116 Points

MONDAY

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Home Legs Workout

10 POINTS

Done. 👍
Excellent work Ben!!

Coach Simon 🍊
10 Points

TUESDAY

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HM Timed Taper

25 POINTS

That felt better! I am out this evening, so did this, this morning, along the seafront. Managed to run fairly comfortably on 12 minute reps at 8:20 pace, and found 1 min reps easy, even at a faster than advised pace. I even did an extra one minute on the cool down, just for fun! 😉👍
I saw this on Strava first and was thinking, “have I upset Ben”. But glad that’s not the case and it’s just that you are busy tonight. It’s a good session this as highlights that actually HM pace isn’t that quick, then good to get that pace in the legs at the end. Must have been nice in the sun. Great job Ben.

Coach Simon 🍊
25 Points

WEDNESDAY

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Rest Day

0 POINTS

THURSDAY

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Bimble💙

18 POINTS

Lovely seafront bimble with the gang. Only did about 50 minutes in the end.
No worries. If ever there was a week to do less and the coach not to be upset, it was this week. You are forgiven (just don’t do it again 😂). See you Sunday.

Coach Simon 🍊
15 Points

FRIDAY

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Rest Day

0 POINTS

SATURDAY

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Rest Day

0 POINTS

SUNDAY

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Half Marathon

66 POINTS

Overall a great day! Earlier this week I had reined in my personal target to 1:55, rather than 1:50, and then decided to change that to enjoying the race. My enjoyment does tend to rely on getting a good time though. Started ok, but was aware pretty early that I wasn’t going to get anywhere close to 1:50. Kept up the effort on the uphills and worked out from half way that 1:55 was still possible, but would need a negative split. Continued well on the downhills and timed it well along the seafront to come in at 1:54:25, so happy with that. So great to see all of the achievements for everyone!
Great work Ben, so pleased you enjoyed it. One thing I’ve learned with my current injury is the time doesn’t matter. Whether the goal is 1:50 or 1:55, if you pace a race well, hit the target, it still feels great. Getting quicker is a bonus, but it doesn’t make it anymore enjoyable. The real benefit of training smart is our fitness levels are better. Whether that be walking up the stairs, or running the HHM and feeling strong. PBs are good for attention but they are the least important thing of a good training plan and just the icing on the cake.

Coach Simon 🍊
66 Points