Monday 24/12/12 – Christmas Eve
AM: Easy Longer run with Lucy, Tim, Angela,
Kirsty & Steve, after yesterdays faster paced run. Had to make a pit stop
in Tesco’s so faster mile is me catching the others up. Lucy’s longest run ever!!
PM: Easy Run 1 lap of Lyminge
AM: Distance: 12 miles Time: 01:47:36 Ave Pace: 8.59 m/m
PM: Distance: 4 miles
Time: 00:35:03 Ave Pace: 8.46
m/m
Tuesday 25/12/12 – Christmas Day
AM: Easy run Christmas morning, very easy
paced as have race tomorrow, very quite about, and weather grey but calm.
AM: Distance: 10 miles Time: 01:25:35 Ave Pace: 8.35 m/m
Wednesday 26/12/12 – Boxing Day
AM: Easy run 1 laps of Lyminge – very slow
as race later on today.
PM: Boxing
Day Run – went and watched Lucy, Tim, Will, Kirsty & Nikki do a dip in the
sea, before going up to Saltwood, they must be mad!!! Once in Saltwood did lap of the course as
warm up and to see how muddy the course was. Probably worst I have seen it and
absolutely water logged. Got back to village and did some drills and strides in
readiness for the race. Start was very
chaotic with little children right at the front and as we started I nearly trod
on one little girl, but once we got going I was about in 10th
position going up the road, which was hard work in spikes, however once onto
Brockhill Park then the tides turned as those ahead in trainers began to
struggle a bit. Up the 40 steps and up
to Pedlinge the path was very hard going and boggy but I think all the miles I
have been putting in recently paid off as I felt quite strong and was now up to
4th place. Pushed on hard down through the woods to Slaybrook but
could not make any ground up on the 3rd placed man Nick Clark (who
finished 2nd last year). Tried to push hard up to the orchards but
so boggy it was very hard work, think I pulled away from guy behind but could
make no inroads on Nick. Down past orchards and onto road was really pushing,
as this was downhill section and quite fast. Pushed onto finish and was 4th
(two places better than last year!!).
Once finished did about a mile warm down.
AM: Distance: 4 miles Time: 00:38:17 Ave Pace: 8.39 m/m
PM: Distance: 7 miles
Race Time: 00:18:27 Ave Race Pace: 6.49 m/m
Thursday 27/12/12
AM: Easy run, raining hard the entire way
round, pace very easy after yesterdays race as this was recovery run. Feeling
quite tired.
PM: From the Club just tagged onto the back
of someone else’s tempo run as had run early today. So did 1.5m warm up, then 4
miles at 7.53m/m pace and 1.5m cool down. Total distance was about 7.27m so
rounded down
AM: Distance: 10 miles Time: 01:26:26 Ave Pace: 8.39 m/m
PM: Distance: 7 miles Time: 01:03:51 Ave Pace: 8.47 m/m
Friday 28/12/12
AM: Easy run, raining hard the entire way
round, did same route as yesterday morning except went the other way round
PM: Again another easy relaxed run
AM: Distance: 10 miles Time: 01:23:41 Ave Pace: 8.22 m/m
PM: Distance: 7 miles Time: 01:03:51 Ave Pace: 8.58 m/m
Saturday 29/12/12
AM: Club Cross Country Training this
morning at Brockhill Park, course very waterlogged but did good warm up, then
various hill and flat reps before cool down to finish.
PM: one
laps of Lyminge, to help recovery from this mornings run.
AM: Distance: 6.6 miles
Time: 01:13:43 Ave Pace: m/m
PM: Distance: 4.4 miles
Time: 00:40:04 Ave Pace: 9.06 m/m
Sunday 30/12/12
Did two miles on my own before meeting Tim
& Angela, and then we did our regular 12 miler round Folkestone down Horn
Street into Hythe to the Light Railway station and then back home through
Seabrook & Sandgate. When we got back to central station I left the others
and continued back up to Tesco’s and back in order to get my final 4 miles in
to make 18 for the day. Felt absolutely shattered at end, and really looking
forward to recovery week!!!
PM: Distance: 18 miles Time: 02:38:51 Ave Pace: 8.49 m/m
Weekly Summary
| AM | PM | TOTAL | |
| MON | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| TUE | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| WED | 4 | 7 | 37 |
| THUR | 10 | 7 | 54 |
| FRI | 10 | 7 | 71 |
| SAT | 6.6 | 4.4 | 82 |
| SUN | 0 | 18 | 100 |
4th consecutive week at 100 miles, new record for me - most miles run over 4 week period!!! Pleased with effort on Boxing Day finishing 4th, however was feeling very tired and jaded by end of week.
Now looking forward to a reduced milage recovery week, next week. So hopefully should be a bit tapered for Kent Champs XC next Saturday.
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