Week Commencing: 25 May 26

Choose Day👇

If the foot ever becomes an issue that Friday run we could swap for another gym session and some cross training (20-30 mins). That would reduce the impact of doing too many miles. Monday I’m going to do a session in the park at 9am for anyone who wants to join and will be 5 mile specific. I’ll be running rather than coaching so slightly different feel to it, but a nice opportunity to run with others. Or you can do the same session closer to home if that suits better. Any issues just shout. But always a good week with a big race to look forward too.

Coach Simon🍊

118 POINTS TARGET

118 Points

MONDAY

si-1-mile

3 x 1 Mile & 6 x 200m

28 POINTS

Took it a bit slower today and maintained pace felt strange this morning so went from potentially not showing up to getting it done and feeling much better afterwards. HR felt good, but lacked the energy to really give it some more so listened to the body. Thanks for another great session!
Sensible approach. Pace was still good. I think having this understanding of when to push hard and when to take things a bit more steady is crucial and it’s the consistency that will deliver the best results. So really well done Cam.

Coach Simon 🍊
28 Points

TUESDAY

Complete
Awesome work Cam.

Coach Simon 🍊
10 Points

WEDNESDAY

sunrise

60 Mins Easy (Hills)

24 POINTS

Wow that was a hot one. I feel like I need to get out in the sun sometimes to adapt my body better running in the heat is this a good approach? I done my best to get in some hills but didn’t want to overdo it in this heat whilst keeping it easy
I think it would depend what your goal races are really. For example if you said to me “I want to have a real crack at the Pier to Pier this year”, then yes, getting some warm weather runs in would be great, given the timing of that race, but if you’re more focused on say 5k at the moment then it’s not as important. Specificity being the word you might come across from a training perspective. What am I training for? How can I replicate that in training? A few things just to consider. It certainly won’t do you any harm though, that’s for sure. Well done Cam.

Coach Simon 🍊
24 Points

THURSDAY

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rest-day

Rest Day

0 POINTS

FRIDAY

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pett-xc

60 Mins Run

18 POINTS

Completed kept it nice and easy felt good, but I do tend to feel more niggly on easy runs which is odd
To be honest the reason is your body and muscles are probably not that used to running at that post. When we run slower we use our muscles differently, so that’s probably why. The more you do at this pace, hopefully you’ll find the body will adapt and it will feel more comfortable. Solid run though. Well done Cam.

Coach Simon 🍊
18 Points

SATURDAY

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rest-day

Rest Day

0 POINTS

SUNDAY

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paul-1-mile

5 Mile Race

38 POINTS

Felt great in terms of pace, legs felt heavy but after some strides they kicked into action. Quite surprised by my pacing as this is something that use to be all over the place and just went out at slightly faster than 10k pace and done my best to hold it and it was good for me and Steve to be together pushing each other along! I wasn’t with it mentally today after some rough news I gave it a good go. Turns out I think I got a course PB as my net time shows 33:43 and last year it was 33:45 so only 2 seconds haha but I’ll take it I guess.
Yeah love those splits. Pacing is so important. If you get it right it completely changes the race experience. As the more races you do the better you can judge it and get the very best out of each race. So sorry to hear that news as well. That’s awful. Makes you appreciate just how fragile life is when something like that happens. All we do is be grateful for the opportunities we have. I had a golf team mate pass in his 30s and always remember how lucky I am to get to live each day that he doesn’t.

Coach Simon 🍊
38 Points