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Fulmar's Training Blog

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Fulmar

Mile-O-Meter

Week	Type	Total Miles

This Week	Running	22.41 *
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

Last Week	Running	101.35 *
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

06 May - 12 May	Running	75.37 *
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

29 Apr - 05 May	Running	50.06 *
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

22 Apr - 28 Apr	Running	50.69 *
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

15 Apr - 21 Apr	Running	53.23 *
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

08 Apr - 14 Apr	Running	50.08 *
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

01 Apr - 07 Apr	Running	49.17 *
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0
* Approximately

Additional Information

Location:
Portugal

Interests:
Running, reading, music, photography, nature...

5k Personal Best:
0:16:21 (on the way to a 34:21 10K... I know =D )

10k Personal Best:
0:34:02 downhill course. 34:21 flat(ish)

10 Mile Personal Best:
15,2K - 52:14:

Half Marathon Personal Best:
1:17:25

Marathon Personal Best:
2:54:45

Sex:
Male

Archive

May 2013 (25 entries)

April 2013 (30 entries)

March 2013 (31 entries)

February 2013 (33 entries)

January 2013 (38 entries)

December 2012 (31 entries)

November 2012 (31 entries)

October 2012 (37 entries)

September 2012 (30 entries)

August 2012 (38 entries)

July 2012 (31 entries)

June 2012 (32 entries)

May 2012 (32 entries)

April 2012 (30 entries)

March 2012 (32 entries)

February 2012 (32 entries)

January 2012 (32 entries)

December 2011 (31 entries)

November 2011 (30 entries)

October 2011 (36 entries)

September 2011 (32 entries)

August 2011 (39 entries)

July 2011 (38 entries)

June 2011 (41 entries)

May 2011 (51 entries)

April 2011 (33 entries)

March 2011 (31 entries)

February 2011 (31 entries)

January 2011 (32 entries)

December 2010 (34 entries)

November 2010 (34 entries)

October 2010 (34 entries)

September 2010 (35 entries)

August 2010 (32 entries)

July 2010 (32 entries)

June 2010 (34 entries)

May 2010 (35 entries)

April 2010 (37 entries)

March 2010 (37 entries)

February 2010 (29 entries)

January 2010 (37 entries)

December 2009 (33 entries)

November 2009 (34 entries)

October 2009 (31 entries)

September 2009 (30 entries)

August 2009 (31 entries)

July 2009 (31 entries)

June 2009 (30 entries)

May 2009 (31 entries)

April 2009 (30 entries)

March 2009 (31 entries)

February 2009 (28 entries)

January 2009 (31 entries)

Blog Entries For May 2013

Training Session Monday 20th May 2013, 14:11

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Windy
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	2h 13m 01s
Distance	23.74 KM (Approx)

Same conditions as earlier. Ran in Mons and then home.
Very hilly. With backpack.
Felt good and strong.
Right hamstrings and left calves starting to cramp in the last 2 miles.

14.75mi

Total for today: 36.07km/22.42mi - 3:21:15

Training Session Monday 20th May 2013, 09:21

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Windy
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	1h 08m 14s
Distance	12.33 KM (Approx)

Warm in the sun but cold wind blowing. Some clouds.
Ran with backpack with +-3kg.
Met Father in Mons and we talked for 3.5h+

7.66mi

Training Session Sunday 19th May 2013, 05:26

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	49m 13s
Distance	8.37 KM (Approx)

Rest day. Very easy.
Didn't sleep

Felt good.

5.20mi

Week - 163.10km/101.35mi

Training Session Saturday 18th May 2013, 12:47

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	2h 06m 40s
Distance	24.21 KM (Approx)

Windy, some clouds.
Felt strong all the way but knees (ITB) a bit tender.

15.05mi

Training Session Friday 17th May 2013, 10:54

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Windy
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	2h 08m 16s
Distance	24.21 KM (Approx)

Wind, occasional rain.
Found €1.50

Decided to it all in one run after about 12km. Then ran with two Glb guys for +- 6km and that helped a lot.

With Merrells.

15.05mi

Training Session Thursday 16th May 2013, 17:29

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Raining
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	2h 20m 36s
Distance	25.26 KM (Approx)

Windy, occasional rain.
Ran with a group, then a girl, then another group. OK with company.
Right knee "was there" in the last 20 minutes.

15.70mi

Training Session Wednesday 15th May 2013, 18:52

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Windy
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	1h 30m 00s
Distance	16.34 KM (Approx)

Most of the way with Inte.
Cold wind.
Feeling fresh again.

With Merrells.

10.16mi

Training Session Wednesday 15th May 2013, 09:34

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Windy
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	45m 14s
Distance	8.21 KM (Approx)

Felt "empty" for the first couple of miles but better afterwards.

5.10mi

Training Session Tuesday 14th May 2013, 16:28

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	35m 15s
Distance	7.16 KM (Approx)

Felt really good

Ran a bit with João.

4.45mi

Training Session Tuesday 14th May 2013, 07:39

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Road	Duration	1h 53m 30s
Distance	21.14 KM (Approx)

Windy but warm.
Had some company for a couple of miles in the stadium (a bit fast).
Feeling ok.

13.14mi

Training Session Monday 13th May 2013, 11:04

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	2h 38m 32s
Distance	28.2 KM (Approx)

Very hilly. Hot! 30ºC in the shade!!!!

Stopped three times for rest - 15mins at 7km, 5mins at 14km and 10mins at 20km.
10 water stops!
Very demanding route. Good test

With Merrells.

17.53mi

Training Session Sunday 12th May 2013, 06:08

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	1h 21m 36s
Distance	15.09 KM (Approx)

Most of the way with Carlos.
Easy. Feeling ok.

With Merrells.

9.38mi

Week - 121.30km/75.37mi

Training Session Saturday 11th May 2013, 10:06

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	1h 50m 05s
Distance	20.7 KM (Approx)

A bit tired. As I felt. BelV-Car with Dima on bike.
A couple of stops. Enjoying the warmth then

12.87mi

Training Session Friday 10th May 2013, 05:12

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	2h 00m 08s
Distance	24.32 KM (Approx)

To Ca and then 5 miles with him. Then onto the riverside and with João for around 9minutes.
Far too fast but I wanted to do the 15 miles under 2h

15.11mi

Training Session Wednesday 8th May 2013, 23:25

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Warm
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	47m 13s
Distance	8.1 KM (Approx)

Unplanned. Met Zél and then ran home, changed and went out again.
Met Int and Paw and talked to them for a while

5.72km in Merrells.

5.03mi

Training Session Wednesday 8th May 2013, 09:46

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Humid
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	1h 30m 00s
Distance	18.37 KM (Approx)

Cloudy, humid, warm. A few drops of rain.
A few minutes with Cris and then a few miles with CarUSA a lot faster than I wanted - sub 4:45 mostly.
Worked hard, heavy legs when going faster.
Still got a 4:06 in.

Merrells.

11.42mi

Training Session Tuesday 7th May 2013, 09:50

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Humid
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	1h 32m 24s
Distance	17.36 KM (Approx)

Cloudy, a few drops of rain.
Easy. Took my time. Ran a couple of miles with Cris.

Ukm - 3:39.7

Merrells.

10.79mi

Training Session Monday 6th May 2013, 18:35

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	1h 30m 03s
Distance	17.36 KM (Approx)

Most of it with GonçAre.
Easy and feeling good.

Merrells.

10.79mi

Training Session Sunday 5th May 2013, 18:14

How I Felt	Tired	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	38m 05s
Distance	7.11 KM (Approx)

Tiired... Psychologically hard.
Blister.

4.42mi

Week - 80.56km/50.06mi

Training Session Sunday 5th May 2013, 15:48

How I Felt	Tired	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	54m 02s
Distance	10.93 KM (Approx)

Felt tired from the start.
Temperature over 26ºC.
Thirsty. If I wasn't meeting An I would have turned back and run less than 5 miles.
And then there was still the way back

Fortunately we walked part of the way.

6.79mi

Training Session Saturday 4th May 2013, 19:26

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	48m 45s
Distance	8.52 KM (Approx)

Calves a bit sore at the start.
Met Dia and ran with her most of the way.

5.30mi

Training Session Saturday 4th May 2013, 07:12

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	55m 23s
Distance	10.59 KM (Approx)

A bit tired but ok.

Merrells

6.58mi

Training Session Friday 3rd May 2013, 18:38

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Warm
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	1h 31m 05s
Distance	17.13 KM (Approx)

Taking it easy. Too fast at the start and tired towards the end.

10.65mi

Training Session Thursday 2nd May 2013, 13:50

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Warm
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	24m 01s
Distance	5.08 KM (Approx)

As I felt. This time resting on purpose.
Starting my training for the Camino de Santiago tomorrow.

3.16mi

Training Session Wednesday 1st May 2013, 19:46

How I Felt	Tired	Weather	Fair
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route
Surface	Road	Duration	26m 00s
Distance	5.05 KM (Approx)

Tired. Slept late.

3.14mi