The week gone has been a good week for mileage - plenty of steady running and a few long ones to prepare me for the Marathon on May 6th. One element of the training I have been lacking in is the tempo type effort at race pace.
I decided tonight to put that right and despite having yesterdays 18 miler in the legs still I decided that I needed a boost and put on my racers for a bit of a boost ! It worked a treat as I was able to smash out nearly six miles at a shade under my marathon pace of 6 minutes and 6 seconds. A great boost to the training as I build mileage but so far have not been close to marathon pace on my long runs which have been more like marathon pace plus 10%.
My original aim for the marathon on May 6th was to look towards a sub 2-40 time. After my ankle injury I revised my thinking to a sub 2-45 which would be a pb by over three minutes....that run tonight got me thinking though.............
Well done to Lewis Moses of New Marske Harriers who today picked up a National Title at the UK Indoor Championships in Sheffield and now stands a good chance of going to the World Championships in Istanbul.
I am looking forward to my training week this week and hope to get close to 75 miles in the bag.
Including some shorter races in your build up can be quite useful as tempo type efforts. A 10k race can make marathon pace seem like a stroll in the park.
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