I’ve stuck to the original plan but appreciate Sunday is going to rely on a quick recovery. So let’s see what happens, but we don’t want to ruin any hope you have of doing Run to the Sea by pushing too hard right now. So it might be a case of switching things up come Monday. But the pts target feels right.

132 Points Achieved

MONDAY

15 Points

30min swim became 50 min, I thought this was safer than doing anything else additional, given that it’s 4 hours Sunday. I do try to behave, but 30 mins seemed a bit short. 🫣

It’s fine. I get it. And I always say to the team if you’re out doing a session and want to do extra, do extra, there will be times you can then drop off a bit short. Plus I guess by the time you’ve faffed and got ready for your swim, you may as well make the most of it. Well done Su.

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

6pts | 20 Mins Elliptical

6 POINTS

20 Mins Elliptical (RPE: 6-7)

A good way to boost cardio whilst reducing the risk of injury. The elliptical can tone muscles and improve endurance whilst being gentle on your joints.

9pts | 20 Mins Stairs

9 POINTS

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.

21 Points

Completed as per plan, didn’t feel like it, but it’s done 😜. Did a longer dog walk in the bluebell woods and oil seed rape fields, legs didn’t appreciate it! Whoops, just reread the plan, I did 30 min elliptical accidentally 😱😱😱

Where are the bluebells right now? Marline Woods? I need them in my life. No worries about the extra 10 mins, better that than 10 mins less. Excellent work Su.

thursday

18 Points

Lovely bimble round the park in daylight! With birthday cake and Easter eggs to finish. 🙃

Sounds like the best bimble ever 💙

FRIDAY

55 min easy cycle ( at home after a longer hilly Basil and bluebell walk) 😊

Well done Su. On target for a decent week.

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

72pts | 240 Mins Run

72 POINTS

240 Mins @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3-8)

All about time on feet. Don’t push the pace early on and ensure you are well hydrated and have fuel to take on at regular intervals.

72 Points

Time on feet was 4.5 hrs, we had rough plans, but went over a bit as lots of uphill in the final few miles. I didn’t stop my watch, even for picture/animal stops etc, 19.2 miles was the result. But last weekend, we had fun and time whizzed by. I’m a bit achy now, but back and knee no different, so I’ll take that as a positive. 😊 Hope you’ve had a good Easter. 🦙 🐐 🐑 🐖 🫏 🐎 🐕

Sounds like a really fun morning out and that’s what it should be like on the trails. Really positive that you feel ok the day after and hopefully good signs for the ultra. Work mainly for me although we took yesterday off and went to Plumpton races. Didn’t have a single winner, but Jax won twice. A good day out though.