Elliot
Resting up this weekend; last minute injury worry over my left achilles! Flared up yesterday after a run, hobbling around the house with K-Tape, Compression guard, ibuprofen and ice pack to hand...... read more
- Site:
- http://elliot-worth.blogspot.com/
- Miles:
- 2979 total / 1027 in 2013
- Goal:
Marathon PB (3:24) attempt at Edinburgh (May 25th). Complete 1st Ultra Marathon - (Jersey, August 3rd).
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RUN
good Stockholm 6 (6.6m) 6.56 mi 01:00 09:04 pace
Early morning run around the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm. Gorgeous sunny morning and there were a few other runners out on the gravel tracks around the North side of the island.
This gave w... read more
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RUN
great Copenhagen 8 w/8x100m strides... 8.24 mi 01:09 08:20 pace
Lovely, sunny & mild early morning run around the streets of Copenhagen. Followed a set of 5 small mini-lakes north and at the end of them I found a spot to do my strides. Then carried on aroun... read more
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FIT
good Weights & Stretch 00:01:00
Another good session today, got around all the resistance machines, again was cautious on the leg ones and dropped some more weight, probably my last resistance session before the 26th:
Seated Che... read more
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RUN
good Vo2 Max 2 x 1600m (9.1m) 9.15 mi 01:17 08:27 pace
Last Vo2 Max session before Edinburgh, went well despite blustery headwind a lot of the way. 3 mile warm-up, 1600m speed, 800m recovery, 1600m speed, 3m recovery/cool-down.
8:57, 8:53, 9:10, 7:33... read more
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FIT
great Core 00:45
Good core tonight; starting to feel stronger with these exercises and increased the reps on some. Plan is to vary the exercises a bit more and add some new ones in.
3 Circuits of:
Push-Ups: 10, 12... read more- Show 2 more comments...
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Thanks @Katie - I will see if I can find one for my home 'gym'!
4 days ago • Like
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RUN
good Sunday 6 (6m) 6 mi 00:50 08:16 pace
Was going to try for a 6 mile progression but took mile 4 a bit keenly and then slammed into a headwind so wound down for a recovery/cool down for the last 2 miles. Probably wise after yesterday&#x... read more
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RUN
great Epping Forest Trails (16m) 16 mi 02:16 08:31 pace
Cracking run this morning, what a contrast to last weeks 20 miler. Felt strong from the off and kept a consistent pace around 8:30, despite the blustery wind. Legs feel fully recovered from London ... read more
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Wow, this is an amazing run. Looking very strong for Edinburgh x
6 days ago • Like
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RUN
good Intervals: 6x100m strides (4m) 4 mi 00:31 07:38 pace
Treadmill speedwork; 2mile warm-up, 6x100m strides @ 9-10.5mph, recovery in-between at 7mph. Recovery @ 6mph w/speed progression over final 0.5mile @ 0.1mile intervals. Splits: 8:15,8:01,6:59,7:23.... read more
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FIT
good Core 00:45
3 Circuits of:
Push-Ups: 10, 12, 14, 16
Abdominal Crunches (Feet down): 3 x 20 reps
Side Reaches: 3 x 25 reps each side
Plank: 3 x 60 seconds
Medicine Ball Twist Crunch (5KG) (Feet down): 3 x ... read more-
Thanks Mili, i know I should do these more but it's a balance of getting the running time in vs strength/core work. Definitely finding this circuit is helping though.
8 days ago • Like
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Really interesting podcast with Dr. Tim Noakes on hydration/nutrition for runners: http://feeds.feedburner.com/podbean/xlWg
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swim
good Cross-Training: Swim Sprint (... 50 m 00:01:02 33:15 pace
Not really a workout but just testing my freestyle action out with a view to working on it more after my marathon. New 50m PB and 1st time I got under 30 seconds for a length.
Steam, cold shower, ... read more
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No, 26th May, 2 weeks to go! :-)
9 days ago • Like
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swim
good Cross-Training: Swim (650m) 650 m 00:21 52:21 pace
Not one of my strongest swims but had the slow lane to myself. Felt a bit tired; trying to ease up on cross-training activities now...so maybe just 1 more swim and may stay off the bike from now on... read more
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RUN
good Recovery 6 run to work (6m) 6.06 mi 00:56 09:11 pace
Easy recovery run to work in the rain; nice low heart rate average of 131.
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FIT
good Weights & Stretch 01:00
Good session today; upper body weights felt a bit easier than last week; got around all the resistance machines, dropped some weights on the leg ones now I'm in marathon taper time:
Seated Ch... read more
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RUN
alright Vo2 Max 5 x 400m (8.3m) 8.3 mi 01:11 08:32 pace
Very heavy legged start to the run, probably 3+ hours stuck in Bank Holiday traffic yesterday evening didn't help so I was fully expecting to bail out of my speed-work session again. However, ... read more
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Nice Job:
Awesome! Things are looking up :)
12 days ago
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@Trent - GTE is a feature with the 910XT watch. It measures your run based on aerobic effort/effect. 2-2.9 maintains your aerobic fitness, 3-3.9 improve, 4-4.9 highly improves. So that session was a good one for improving my aerobic fitness. Bank Holidays = Public Holiday!
11 days ago • Like
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RUN
good Sunday Recovery (4m) 4.01 mi 00:36 08:51 pace
Great morning for a recovery run, legs weren't too bad after yesterday's 20 miler. That's my biggest week of running ever at just over 52.3miles. Off to Suffolk for the rest of the b... read more
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More bluebells on my morning trail run
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RUN
tired Epping Forest Trails LR (20m) 20.04 mi 03:05 09:14 pace
Disappointing long run; started to struggle after about half way and dug in hard to try and keep my pace ~9:00min/mile for a long time but the wheels fell off with a 10:00 mile at mile 17. Never fe... read more
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Nice Job:
Great distance, Elliot. They're all miles in the bank.
Seems a decent pace to me. I did 18 miles in that time last week.14 days ago
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Thanks! No idea, I could check the results from that race.
14 days ago • Like
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Oh no Elliot. I found that contrast bathing really helped me. It's horrible but it works. Really hope it settles down for you x
about 9 hours ago • Like
Noooooooo!!! Keep up all the recovery methods and I hope you're ok.
about 9 hours ago • Like
Oh no... Take care Elliot. Take things really slowly :-)
about 7 hours ago • Like
Eek. Hope it settles down for you, Elliot
about 1 hour ago • Like