60 Mins Run
Zone 2: Easy
If you have accurate heart rate data that is far and away the best guide for this run. Stay in Zone 2 if you can.
Pyramid hills will be a group session Tuesday. All being well I hope to run, so we might not be a million miles away in terms of pacing, although you’ll probably out strength me up the hills. You could mix it up though if you prefer with a flatter session nearer home. Running Wednesday too is an option but just wary that might be 4 days on the spin, hence why I left it out. Saturday I’ve tried to be quite clever. I’ve given Jodie 10k (6 miles at half marathon pace). Turns out that is identical to your marathon pace (predicted). So I’ve given you a session where you could run with Jodie (would need to tweak your session slightly eg, 3 miles, 1 mile float, 6 miles), but I thought it could work well and you could also incorporate parkrun. If it does work it’s something we could repeat. These sessions will also set you up nicely for the Pier to Pier. Any problems, let me know. Keep smashing it Cam.
Coach Simon๐
If you have accurate heart rate data that is far and away the best guide for this run. Stay in Zone 2 if you can.
Find a location where you can pick different points on the hill. Lamp posts are great. So for example you would run to the first lamppost and back to the bottom of the hill. Then to the second lamppost and back. Keep making the reps longer until you hit 20 mins, and then start making the reps shorter again.
Focus on effort level rather than pace or heart rate as both will fluctuate depending if you are going up or down the hill
If you have an accurate heart rate, then use that as your main data to determine pace, if not RPE is the best option. Hills are always going to cause them to go too high, unless you are super fit. Finish off with some strides.
Decent session with exercises that cover all the fundamental movement patterns (push, pull, squat, lunge, rotate, hinge).
A relatively comfortable marathon session. An early opportunity to get comfortable running at your goal marathon pace. You want to do the 3 miles steady (marathon pace), 3 times. So a total of 12 miles.