Clayton's Taper
Mon 7th 6.5k 34:11 (5:15 HR 137)
Tue 8th 11.0k 56:01 (5:05 HR 141)
Wed 9th 15.3k 79:54 (5:13 HR 137)
Thu 10th 16.3k 82:17 (5:02 HR 141)
Fri 11th 11.0k 53:23 (4:51 HR 142)
Week so far 60.1k
Now on to Canberra tomorrow morning.
It has been strange reading all the taper madness and excitement that goes on before a big race . For me it has just been business as usual and a normal training week. I feel it has been my best week of training for quite a while. On Thursday, I added an extra 4.3k to my normal 11k course so that by today I would over 60k. This now means if I do the 50k in Canberra, it will be my biggest week ever, beating my previous highest of 105.1k in late December 2007.
Plan is to start out at 5:20 pace and see how long I can keep it up. My training long runs have been around 5:30 pace but my course is quite hilly and the runs are done without breakfast or fuel along the way. So I'm guessing 5:20 should be comfortable for quite a way. Not that I will push on to the 50k at any cost. If I feel that it will take too much out of me I will be more than happy to pull the pin at 42k. I want to get back into normal training as quickly as possible after this event.
The weather is looking like it will be good. Probably won't need the gloves but I am packing them just in case. (BB the gloves are woollen not cotton).
Hope to catch up with everybody over the weekend. And to all runners, may your performance reflect the training you have put in.
Tue 8th 11.0k 56:01 (5:05 HR 141)
Wed 9th 15.3k 79:54 (5:13 HR 137)
Thu 10th 16.3k 82:17 (5:02 HR 141)
Fri 11th 11.0k 53:23 (4:51 HR 142)
Week so far 60.1k
Now on to Canberra tomorrow morning.
It has been strange reading all the taper madness and excitement that goes on before a big race . For me it has just been business as usual and a normal training week. I feel it has been my best week of training for quite a while. On Thursday, I added an extra 4.3k to my normal 11k course so that by today I would over 60k. This now means if I do the 50k in Canberra, it will be my biggest week ever, beating my previous highest of 105.1k in late December 2007.
Plan is to start out at 5:20 pace and see how long I can keep it up. My training long runs have been around 5:30 pace but my course is quite hilly and the runs are done without breakfast or fuel along the way. So I'm guessing 5:20 should be comfortable for quite a way. Not that I will push on to the 50k at any cost. If I feel that it will take too much out of me I will be more than happy to pull the pin at 42k. I want to get back into normal training as quickly as possible after this event.
The weather is looking like it will be good. Probably won't need the gloves but I am packing them just in case. (BB the gloves are woollen not cotton).
Hope to catch up with everybody over the weekend. And to all runners, may your performance reflect the training you have put in.
posted by Robert Song @ 5:21 pm
4 Comments:
At Fri Apr 11, 07:53:00 pm AEST,
Tesso said…
50k would be your longest run ever? That would mean a PB :)
See you tomorrow.
At Fri Apr 11, 09:05:00 pm AEST,
Ewen said…
You know, there's always the 10k on Saturday arvo for a few extra clicks.
See you then, or Sunday on the course somewhere.
At Thu Apr 17, 01:42:00 pm AEST,
RunBare said…
Good to meet you Robert Song :) Hope to see you up at the Gold Coast Marathon in July. Well done on a great 50k 'training run'
At Fri Apr 18, 09:37:00 am AEST,
Anonymous said…
The weather is looking like it will be good. Probably won't need the gloves but I am packing them just in case.
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
you looked good when i saw you. you were flying. don't you know you should look tired by 50 km? doesn't any one teach manners?
sorry i didn't get to chat with you. perhaps gc? bring your better half so we can make fun of your limping. oh, did i mention manners? they don't apply to me.
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