Ignore the sessions. I just don’t have a pre loaded BYU session and if I did it would be impossible to give it a pts rating. So it’s a bit of a miss mash. I mentioned before, I would see this almost as a practice run, a first attempt, so how you find, but don’t ruin yourself. If you do something silly you might need 3-4 weeks to recover and it would fuck up you charity run and possibly even SDW50 and of the 3 I would imagine this may even be the least important. That’s not to say bail earlier. 150pts in my head would be 12 yards. So that would be a decent target for a first attempt and then see how you feel. But you’ve nothing to prove to anyone here. This is a stepping stone to bigger things. The build up is relatively light just to keep the legs moving really. Any issues let me know. Roll on Friday.
First race week of the year and it went so well. Very grateful for where my running is currently at. Recovery is good too, as I feel like I could have a little run today – will message you about that. On we go!
Great to hear you are feeling so strong and I think every reason to be delighted with how the first BYU went. Awesome work Joe.
A great form of cross trainer for us runners. Take a few minutes to warm up at find your stride but then push hard. You can real bang for your buck with just 20 mins on the stair climber. I hit around level 10 when doing these but find the right speed for you that you can maintain, but you find this tough.
Crammed a bit more into 1 session here but now you’ve got a lot of good stuff in there. Hopefully it’s ok?
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.
The biggest mistake we can make with these recovery runs is running too fast. This will mean when our harder sessions come round we are still fatigued and not able to put enough effort in to make the necessary gains.
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
50K @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3-5)
So important to respect the distance and get the pacing right. If you go off at a comfortable enough pace, then you’ll run a good race. Keep fuelling even if you don’t feel like it. Ultra’s have been described as “eating contests” by some of the leading runners. Walk the hills if need be.
“Rest days are key. Our body adapts and gets stronger when we rest & recovery. Have a good one!”
