First week of the taper. This is your lowest pts week in about 3 months, so whilst it still looks busy, it is definitely a step back and next week will be lighter again. I do like chucking in a quick parkrun at this stage of a block as your fitness levels should be good right now and we want to test that. Any problems let me know but keep ticking off the sessions, you’re training lately has been superb.

104 Points Achieved

MONDAY

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Rest Day

0 POINTS

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

Rest day!
The best days

TUESDAY

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10pts | Circuits

10 POINTS

Always fun to train in a group. Ask for help if unsure on your technique on the exercises.

15 Points
Circuits on Tuesday (Weds class wasnt on). Quite hard, different exercises but worked well and enjoyed it
Good to mix it up though. Great work Andy

WEDNESDAY

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10 Points
Pilates at home. Somewhat relaxing! The cats join in too somewhat!
Surely a reel to be shot there? Sounds hilarious. People making a living out of posting those sort of things online these days. Well done on the session

thursday

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26pts | 40 Mins Tempo (M)

26 POINTS

Just an opportunity to get some more miles in at marathon pace and really dial those splits in. Come race day we want marathon pace to feel comfortable.

26 Points
Went to run club and ran in the slightly quicker group. Pace probably a little high but felt good and natural.
That’s cool. Best to be a little quicker than slower and nice to be able to step up a group as that always shows progress. Well done Andy

FRIDAY

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Rest Day

0 POINTS

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

Rest, nearly did my 30min one but decided to save legs for the quick parkrun
Smart thinking and worked out well

SATURDAY

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26pts | parkrun

26 POINTS

Running with others can reduce perceived effort so parkrun is a good option as an alternative speed session. 10 mins easy WU & CD please.

35 Points
Gave it a really good effort at parkrun this morning. Pleased with the time! Warm up helped get legs working i think as started off quite fast, faded slightly towards the end – it was hard work. But felt pretty strong despite not being used to running so fast! Really buzzing for Sarah too, she did awesome. CD kept legs from seizing up too much I think for the run i did later in afternoon. Went out for my 30min run later in afternoon, at a much steadier pace! Rounded this up to 5k and enjoyed the spring time weather.
Double run day. Who have you become. I love it. So pleased to see you run a strong parkrun time this weekend as you’ve both been dialled into your training for months now. It just goes to show if you are consistent and stick with it, the rewards will follow. Buzzing right now to be honest. Excellent work Andy.

SUNDAY

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18pts | 60 Mins Run

18 POINTS

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.

18 Points
Took myself out for an evening run. Enjoyed the extra hour of BST! Managed to avoid the rain showers and was quite a pleasant night. Held myself back on pace and kept it steady, a bit of a hilly route but one of my favourites to run. Keen to see where my new training % is at 😄 (looks like it might be stuck on 89 at the moment, but no worries!)
I’m glad you asked as I need to update those. 92% now. Which given the issues we had earlier in the plan is bloody brilliant. To be able to hit 90% + of a marathon block is really good work. Really happy you’ve managed to get it to that level before Paris.