Furman Institute of Running and Scientific Training (F.I.R.S.T.) acolytes!
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Aug 2010
10:51am, 17 Aug 2010
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HappyG(rrr)
Karen, runner duck, macca and luna - thanks very much for your input. Luna, you are super quick and yet you've only got 3 runs in there. But I suspect your very innocent "cycle" is probably a monster 50 mile ride up hills and at all sorts of super fast paces! Karen - did you have any cross training on the other days in your training, or just those 3 runs a week? Good luck with your marathon at end of October, by the way. I'm sure you'll do great! :-)G |
Aug 2010
10:58am, 17 Aug 2010
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lunaman
Karen - hmm, still not sure I could make out all of those figures - 108 x 400m ?  Happy - to be fair, I started the plan off the back of years of 5-6 days a week running. But no, I biked hard - interval sessions indoors mostly, but not far at all, and learned my lesson that for a good crack at my marathon target, I should have cycled (or run obviously) much much more. I was managing maybe 35-40 mpw on the bike, now I'm up to 100 miles but I'm not strictly following a plan at the moment, just fiddling about until Snowdonia. Really interested to see this thread though. |
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Aug 2010
11:00am, 17 Aug 2010
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HappyG(rrr)
Luna, Karen's log, read first big e.g. July108x400 as July 10, 8x400 - makes sense then! :-)G
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Aug 2010
11:00am, 17 Aug 2010
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HappyG(rrr)
big? I meant *bit*...
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Aug 2010
11:02am, 17 Aug 2010
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Ultracat
sessions look good G. but I could never follow it as I like to run most days but probably could do with doing a couple of different type sessions in there instead of just running comfortable most of the time.
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Aug 2010
11:02am, 17 Aug 2010
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Karen S
HappyGrrr, re crosstraining, I try to do some yoga every day, some are hard sessions (ashtanga yoga) which build strength and stamina and others are what I call recuperative sessions which helps to release tension and remove any build up of lactic acid after hard training sessions. I swear by yoga to keep me injury free! I also include indoor rowing (usually 5km which takes about 22min) at a high intensity and then sessions for core and weights at the gym (mainly legs). I do like to keep a bit of variety in the training so sometimes throw in other activities as I feel like swimming. Will be interesting to follow the thread and hopefully share experiences with other people! I'm also writing a weekly blog so I can look back in time to see how it built up and went so I can do a full post mortem after the event!! |
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Aug 2010
11:04am, 17 Aug 2010
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HappyG(rrr)
If one of my cross trains is bike, and it has to be 2 hours, in order to simulate a mid length easy run or harder MP style long run, then I'm going to be misearable. I don't bike outdoors (after my biking accident a few years ago, I'm not keen on mountain biking http://www.fetcheveryone.com/gallery-showphoto.php?filename=13263_19442.jpg , and I don't like road biking either, cos I'm a scaredy!) but can you imagine doing 2 hours, in a gym on a stationary bike?! I suppose I could get a turbo trainer for the house? |
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Aug 2010
11:05am, 17 Aug 2010
87 posts
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Karen S
I can share a one page word document I have with the summary plan on if you want. Bit of an IT numpty so can anyone tell me the best way to share that document on here??
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Aug 2010
11:07am, 17 Aug 2010
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runner duck
i would have thought 30-45mins of hard intervals on a stationary bike would be more than good enough happyg
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Aug 2010
11:07am, 17 Aug 2010
3,500 posts
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runner duck
or a spinning class?
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