Week Commencing: 30 MAR 26

Choose Day👇

First week of the taper. Most of the hard work is done. Sam D one of my runners questioned all the marathon paced tempo runs at this stage of his plan, I think he even said they were boring. But come race day he nailed his target pace and even used the word easy. So they are worth doing. I also like to chuck in a quick parkrun at this stage of the plan because you should be running well and it can be a nice confidence boost. Just don’t push so hard you do yourself any damage. Any issues though let me know. Keep up the great work James

Coach Simon🍊

129 POINTS TARGET

129 Points

MONDAY

gym-workout

James's S&C

15 POINTS

Another good strength session, felt good
Really pleasing to hear at this stage of the plan. Well done James.

Coach Simon 🍊
15 Points

TUESDAY

weald-challenge

40 Mins Marathon Pace

26 POINTS

Much tougher than expected today.
Was warmer than it has been recently & the sun was out, never really settled into a good rhythm.
Still workout completed & on to the next.
It’s weird, you’re not the first person to struggle with a shorter MP session, so I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s still good to practice race pace, and as you say, job done, we move onto the next.

Coach Simon 🍊
26 Points

WEDNESDAY

rest-day

Rest Day

0 POINTS

THURSDAY

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spin-class

30 Mins Solo Spin

10 POINTS

pett-xc

60 Mins Run

18 POINTS

30 more ms spin, was good fun & got my heart rate going well
60 mins easy felt good. Was later& slower than normal but was running with my friend who is running from Milton Keynes to Bury (150 miles) hoping to arrive on Saturday.
Ran for an hour with him handing over to the next person. Felt good & was a very easy chatty pace.
I did wonder what you were doing out at 9pm on a Thursday evening, makes sense now, that’s some effort from your friend and really hope he’s gets to the end unschathed.

Coach Simon 🍊
28 Points

FRIDAY

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rest-day

Rest Day

0 POINTS

SATURDAY

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oaul-1

parkrun & Strides

30 POINTS

A small improvement so still moving the right way. 20:46 I think will be a course PB
A good first mile & finish but was a tough middle section today. Had to really dig in but was able to pick it up at the end.
Happy with the progress & will be a good starting point for what’s to come after the marathon.
We haven’t done a great deal of 5k training to be fair, so I wouldn’t expect huge gains, it’s good from a sharpness point of view to do a run like this at this stage of the plan. Wake up those fast twitch fibres so they are ready for mile 20 and beyond in a few weeks time. So really well done James. If you wanted to get under 20 for the summer, you’d do that easily with additional speed work.

Coach Simon 🍊
30 Points

SUNDAY

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sam-davies-1

100 Mins Run

30 POINTS

Nice easy run this morning, felt comfortable through out.
Had a bit of elevation & into the wind in places but heart rate kept low & pace good.
Pleased that nearly 12 miles is feeling so comfortable even at that pace
It’s a nice feeling isn’t it, and a great sign the fitness is just where we want it to be. Awesome work James.

Coach Simon 🍊
30 Points