Well I raced at the Derby Midweek mile and 5km races although I wasn’t planning on and it was a bit of a last minute decision but I’m glad I did. Wednesday 11 January 7PM – 1mi – Race – 6:03 – 6:03 – HR 153 (74% WHR) New PB by 15 sec it wasn’t [...]
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Well it didn’t start out as a great week since Sunday race unfortunately, during and after the race my legs felt fine and I did my usual stretches and then pretty much vegetated for the rest of the day. Monday however I woke to pains in predominantly my right gluteus and left calf although in [...]
So first day of the first month of the new year and I’ve completed my first race. I thought I would kick start my year with a nice race and figured a short 5 miler would do the trick, haha this was the wrong one to pick. I really should of done my research better [...]
So Decembers over and another year is coming to an end, I’ve already summarised 2011 in this post but with the month now over and before I tuck myself into bed ready for 5mi road race I thought I would report on the month just gone. December’s report I had a good month training wise [...]
I can’t believe my last blog post about running was so long ago… I guess that’s a good indication of how the last year has been for me, plagued with injury off the back of last year this one has never really got going and I was feeling very disillusioned with it all until the [...]
Monday 21 June Rest day Tuesday 22 June 7PM – 6.24m – Race – 49:21 – 7:55 – hr 171 (86% WHR) Todays race was good it was the first of the HPRC Heritage Grand Prix at Holme Pierrepont and although I was hoping for a PB with it being a fast course I think [...]
A short report for a short race, this was the second race in the series with a seemingly fast 4 miles around Rushcliffe Country Park in Nottingham. Weather was a lot nice as it was a lot cooler than Tuesday which was good. I was looking forward to my first race at this distance not [...]
It was the first of the four races today a nice fast 10k around Holme Pierrepoint, well it was a fast course but not fast weather. 36°C when I left work but I think more like 28-26 when I got the the race. Arrived nice and early with about 45mins before the race was due [...]
Not a great deal to say this week it is another easy week due to races coming up next week I did however find out that my min heart rate has change or maybe I had it wrong initially but it is now 41bpm down from 50. I’m not sure what difference or effect this [...]
Monday 7 June Rest day Tuesday 8 June 5PM – 6.93m – General – 1:00:00 – 8:39 – hr 157 (75% WHR) I went out for a run and expected myself to be a little stiff and aching even the return of shin splints etc but was pleasantly surprised to find none of the above [...]
