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  • 27th April - 3rd May

I dunno, week 1 of your new plan and you’ve already ripped up the schedule 🤦‍♂️😂 Just kidding, love the idea of the half, especially when you should be a in decent shape aerobically after the Paris block and a good chance to see where the HM fitness is going into this new excellent plan.

123 Points Achieved

MONDAY

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10pts | 60 Mins Pilates

10 POINTS

Always a good session to work on flexibility and strength.

10 Points
Pilates at home with assistance/hinderance from the cats. All good!
They can be a pain the cats. Made me chuckle that one.

TUESDAY

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2pts | Stretches

2 POINTS

A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.

2 Points
Enjoyed this stretching routine. Can certainly see the benefits going forward
Ah fab, yeah its just about good routines really and will definitely help. Well done Andy

WEDNESDAY

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12pts | 40 Mins Run

12 POINTS

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.

11 Points
Run Club was moved to Wednesday this week. Did 35mins (got distracted after and forgot to top it off to 40 🤦‍♂️) – did extra on Thursday to make up for it!
No worries, appreciate you making up the extra. That’s my kind of runner. Good job Andy.

thursday

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19pts | 50 Mins & Strides

19 POINTS

It’s important to keep the easy runs easy. Focus on good running form and low heart rate. Don’t forget your strides. Very important. 30-60 seconds recovery between strides.

22 Points
Did an hour to include missed 5mins from Wednesday, then rounded it up another 5 mins. Felt ok, but getting back into it I guess. Strides felt a bit sluggish. But hopefully will be better in weeks to come.
Yeah probably still a little bit of the marathon in the legs, so I wouldn’t worry too much about that. But well done on making up for the missing mins.

FRIDAY

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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.

10 Points
Felt particularly brutal tonight. But ive not been for about a month so thats probably why! Somewhat enjoyed beasting myself though haha!
One of my other recent marathon runners send the same about circuits. Which I think only further emphasises the importance of going week in week out. Well done for getting into “beast mode” though!

SATURDAY

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2pts | Stretches

2 POINTS

A stretching routine you can do daily to help with your flexibility. 30 seconds for each stretch is plenty.

2 Points
Stretches were good again. Felt more relaxed afterwards
They are a decent addition. Glad they are helping

SUNDAY

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66pts | Half Marathon (Race)

66 POINTS

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
Very pleased with how this went. Weather was awful in the morning, and i had a terrible couple nights sleep, plus still sore from circuits on Friday. Thought I would really struggle, so kept the pace sensible through the first 10k, with the plan to push on if I felt ok. This worked really well and got faster towards the end!
Sounds like you had the worst preparation but goes to show what good planning can achieve and so pleased you had a good experience in the end. 3rd fastest half marathon given the circumstances is a really good result and something to build on going forward. Awesome work Andy. Overall training % went up to 93 as well which is great.

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