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  • 13th - 19th April

I’ve switched things around to include the half marathon Sunday. You could tweak the easy runs if you wanted and do them different days. If doing parkrun Saturday just be sure to keep it easy pace ahead of the half marathon.

127 Points Achieved

MONDAY

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28pts | Club Intervals

28 POINTS

It all depends on the nature of the session as to how hard you want to work. The longer the reps, the slightly slower the pace will be. Or if doing hills, focus on RPE rather than pace. But you always want to be working hard to ensure you make the necessary gains.

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Felt super solid today. Had some mental battles in there but kept it up as didn’t want to let the pace drop. Nice to be back on the track.
It was a good session that one and a nice place to run. Running can definitely help mentally, so the more you can stick to the plan, the better. Excellent pace as well. Really impressed. Well done Shain.

TUESDAY

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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!”

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!”

thursday

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18pts | 60 Mins Run

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Keep that RPE down. You want to be able to run and chat, speaking of which, joining a group can add to the enjoyment here.

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Nice easy run along the seafront. Kept it light and kept it fun. Lovely evening for it as well. Legs feel good and glad I’ve had the two days of rest. Looking forward to tomorrow where I’ll do the parkrun nice and light again.
Great work Shain. If you keep these runs at a nice low intensity they can be very enjoyable.

FRIDAY

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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!”

SATURDAY

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9pts | 30 Mins Run

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Nice and easy. Smile, relax and enjoy. Love life!

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Slightly too quick today I think but legs and everything felt great. Tomorrow is just about enjoyment so not going to be pushing myself. Can’t wait for it now.
It’s easily done at parkrun. The key knowledge to have though is if you go into your threshold zone (normally zone 4 on Garmin) there are less benefits from a fitness point of view than running in zone 3. This is a good post if you missed it last week (https://pbrunner.co.uk/tips/are-you-running-your-easy-runs-too-fast/) So actually running 22+ mins is more beneficial to you long term than running sub 20 (for an easy run) because you get more adaptations at a lower heart rate. That said, solid running and very best of luck tomorrow.

SUNDAY

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66pts | Half Marathon (Race)

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Stick to your goal pace early on and it should feel easy. Dig deep in those final 5km to achieve your goal. The biggest mistake you can make is getting swept along in the early stages and going off too fast.

66 Points
Felt strong for the first 5k but wasn’t enjoying it so took a step back and done the rest of it for pure enjoyment. Ran with some other guy for the last 8k. Loved the second half of the race and have came away with a PB which is just a bonus. Atmosphere was awful but got some tan lines out of it too😂. Legs and everything feel fine. Will be resting them up regardless and heading to the track tomorrow not to run but to just be around people again.
Congrats on the PB. Pacing is the most important thing in races and the lines are so fine. Imagine a straight red line on a graph which represents your target pace. If you stay just under that line or on it, you should be able to maintain it, but the minute you go beyond that line, you’re screwed and energy levels will plummett quickly. And I think that’s probably what happened here, you were operating just over the red line at the start, so had to slow down. But all it takes is practice and when you start getting it right, it’s a beautiful thing. Look forward to seeing you at track, if you encourage some of the others it could make a difference to their session, so that would be awesome. I’m aiming for lap times of 1:42 on the shorter reps and 1:46 on the longer reps, so you have my permission to tell me to run faster or slow down if I’m not hitting those targets 😂

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