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Really pleased with your fitness levels going into Brighton. You’ve done a brilliant job with your training in difficult circumstances. Every reason to be confident going to Brighton that a sub 1:45 is well within your grasp. Most important thing though is you go there and enjoy it. Any issues with the schedule let me know, if you need more rest ahead of the race we can take it.

Coach Simon๐ŸŠ

141 POINTS TARGET

139 Points

MONDAY

gym-workout

Legs Gym Session

12 POINTS

Legs Gym Session

Romanian Deadlift

3 x 15

Crab Walks

3 x 60s

Walking Lunges

3 x 10*

Goblet Squat

3 x 15

Calf Raises

3 x 15

Side Lunges

3 x 10*

Bent Knee Calf Raises

3 x 15

Wall Sits

3 x 60s

Box Step Up

3 x 10*

Booty Builder

3 x 15

Tib Raises

3 x 15

Seated Leg Curl

3 x 15

A good all round session to work the legs. You should have built up to this fairly gradually, so don’t dive in head first as you want to take your time building your strength. Be sensible with the weights to begin with.

If short on time combine 2 exercises together (superset) them to save on the recoveries.

No time for the gym today due to workload and visitors so did a workout at home, was able to complete 10 of the 12 exercises ๐Ÿ˜€
Well done for finding time to do this at home. Could easily have made excuses. So really pleased you didn’t. Great work Michael

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ
10 Points

TUESDAY

track-simon

Half Taper Session

25 POINTS

Half Taper Session

2km WU @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)

5km @ Half Marathon Pace
(RPE: 6)
3 minutes recovery

5 x 200 metres @ Target Time (RPE: 9)
60 second recoveries

2km CD @ Easy Pace (RPE: 3)

A really good session to do the week of a half marathon. A chance to practice race pace at a lower volume and get some speed in the legs.

Really enjoyed this session with a great crowd, feeling really good for Sunday and the challenge
It was a great turnout and pleased you were able to join us. Agree with your slightly more ambitious target for Sunday as well. Feel like 1:45 would have been quite a cautious aim given the way you are running right now.

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ
25 Points

WEDNESDAY

gym-workout

Home Legs/Core

8 POINTS

Home Legs/Core

Plank

3 x 60s

Squats

3 x 15

Russian Twist

3 x 15*

Side Lunges

3 x 10*

Calf Raises

3 x 20

Side Planks

2 x 30s*

Split Squats

3 x 10*

Wall Sits

3 x 60s

Single Leg Deadlift

3 x 10*

*reps/seconds on both sides

A really good home workout for the core and legs. If new to this, don’t worry about hitting the seconds or reps. Do what you can and slowly build up to the targets.

For example you might find you can only hold a plank for 20 seconds at first, which is fine. Don’t push too hard that you get injured. You’ll soon get strong and be able to add more seconds.

Strong sporty woman in white sportswear warm up training running on a treadmill climber stairs machine in gym indoors.

20 Mins Stairs

9 POINTS

20 Mins Stairs

20 Mins Stair Climber

Zone 2: Easy

A great form of cross trainer for us runners. Find the level which means your heart rate is in zone 2. If you go other that, reduce the level. It’s that simple.

Done Thursday morning due to being at the office Wednesday
Yeah I saw you got in there early. Was it busy at that time of day? Great work for smashing it out before your work day though. I’m impressed

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ
20 Points

THURSDAY

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Rest Day

0 POINTS

Rest Day

0 Mins

RPE 0

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

Rest day swapped to Wednesday
No worries!!

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ

FRIDAY

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60 Mins Run

18 POINTS

60 Mins Run

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.

Took it easy to save the legs for Sunday ans also because I had a sports massage with Sharna on Thursday evening!
Smart move!! Worked out well.

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ
18 Points

SATURDAY

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Rest Day

0 POINTS

Rest Day

0 Mins

RPE 0

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

Yep, rrest day it was!
I need to work on my own rest days. End up walking 10k min on my one and only rest day.

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ

SUNDAY

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Half Marathon

66 POINTS

Half Marathon

10 Mins WU @ Easy Pace

RPE: 3

13.1 Miles @ HM Pace

RPE: 6

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.

The best race with great people, loved it even in those conditions. Held my pace back to save something for the only hill on the course and felt good passing lots of others. The whole race was a measured one, I know there is more there to come! Thanks for the training plan.
Sounds like you ran the perfect race which is fantastic. And such a big confidence boost going forward. GFA is such a brilliant target and I’m excited for the next 6 months or so. Superb work Michael. Honestly how you’ve responded to adversity over the last few months is inspiring and quite emotional writing this. You should be so proud of yourself right now.

Coach Simon ๐ŸŠ
66 Points

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