• 6th-12th April

FUCK YEAH! We made it. The foot held out, you’ve smashed the plan. You’re all set to run a strong, well paced (so important) marathon on Sunday. It is the Spring 5K Wednesday, now you’re not allowed to race that. Victoria is (and doing a marathon Sunday, but she’s doing the trail version, it’s very different). But, if you wanted to be part of the Spring 5K you could nudge your 30 mins marathon tempo along a day. I’ll be there Wednesday though so be smart, don’t mess it up that late. All quite aggressive this summary, sorry, late in the evening. You’ve done incredible. Go out there and enjoy yourself, and just don’t go off too fast and you’ll have a brilliant time. Any questions in the build up feel free to reach out. And I’ll be tracking you on race day so if the doubts creep in just no I’m willing you on. You got this 💪

129 Points Achieved

MONDAY

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Rest Day

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“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”

TUESDAY

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21pts | 30 Mins Tempo (M)

21 POINTS

Should feel relatively comfortable this, but always good to get some extra miles in at goal pace.

Hip grumbling as soon as I started running – did an extra long warm up and everything. So had a little panic and stopped. Maybe I’ll do spring 5k tomorrow after all? It’s definitely on the mend I just don’t want to do anything stupid
Bother, if it feels better tomorrow, by all means run tomorrow, at MP or slower. But I’d be inclined if it continues to hurt just keep it lose by walking. I find hips and glutes are odd. I’ve had days before a big race I couldn’t get down the stairs due to the pain, but the next day I was fine. So a bit early to panic and hopefully it will clear up in a few more days. You’re likely to be overthinking it as well due to the time.

WEDNESDAY

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Rest Day

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“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”

10 Points
Did a verrrry slow 35 mins round the village. Think I’m ok – ibuprofen gel, yoga, dog walk and lots of warm ups beforehand. Was a bit sore first 10 mins (3 out of 10) and then fine. Feels fine now. I think it’s ok. EVERYTHING IS FINE RIGHT????
Maranoia, look it up. You’re fine 🤞 Still got plenty of time to rest although don’t spend too long on the office chair, keep moving and stretching. Glad you were able to get out there and run today though.

thursday

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Rest Day

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“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”

FRIDAY

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9 Points
Hip 2/10 pain with no pain killers. Think we are good to go. Without wanting to tempt fate I’m going to say we’ve achieved the objective of getting to the start line on Sunday injury free yippeeeeeeeeeeee
So pleased to hear that. I have taken paracetamol with me on a marathon before, but didn’t use them, just as a precaution but I’d treat it as a last resort really, embrace the pain, but hopefully it won’t come to that. I think the plan has been a huge success given where you started and I’m really pleased the foot has behaved itself. Huge weekend for the team and can’t wait to watch you all smash it. I’ll be tracking and watching at some point Sunday so you should have my voice in your head for the final 6-8 miles “relax, run tall, you got this Lucy”.

SATURDAY

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“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”

SUNDAY

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105pts | Marathon (Race)

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10 Mins WU @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)

26.2 Miles @ Marathon Pace (RPE: 5)

We’ve made it. So exciting. The biggest mistake is going off too fast, know your pace and stick to it, even if it feels super easy. You’ve trained well, now just go and execute. Best of luck.

110 Points
I ran a marathon! And not only that, it felt great! I had the best time out there. The scariest bit was around km 12 when I accidentally chugged some electrolytes and got a stitch, but thankfully it settled down after about 10 minutes. I was so nervous about the wind but followed your advice about tucking into a pack which helped hugely. Apart from that final windy section at around km 38 – 40 where the runners were sparse, that was absolutely brutal! The final stretch down the sea front was just incredible and seeing the finish line in sight and thinking “oh my god already?” was just the best feeling. Without coaching I think it would have been a totally different experience. Well, I probably wouldn’t have made it to the start line injury free to begin with. But all the tips about pacing, maintaining form, fuelling etc etc, all combined for a great experience. And today the bit that hurts the most is my feet but in a blistered way not a torn ligament way so I’ll take that! All in all I’m absolutely delighted. THANK YOU 🙏🏻
You always hear this stat about 1% of the population have ran a marathon. Well how many of them run the perfect marathon at their first attempt? You must be a in 0.01% of the population if you factor that in. So impressed with your performance and equally just really happy you had such a good time. That’s a life long memory right there and no one can ever take that away from you. I hope you are really proud of what you have achieved? You should be. Fantastic running Lucy. I’m excited to see what you can do next. Bonus pts this week for just being such a legend (couldn’t have you missing out on the 100% club, that would have been harsh)