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Wot I've done!!! Steve's Training Blog

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Steve

Mile-O-Meter

Week	Type	Total Miles

This Week	Running	11.03
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

Last Week	Running	27.77
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

06 May - 12 May	Running	25.01
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

29 Apr - 05 May	Running	18.33
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

22 Apr - 28 Apr	Running	12.09
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

15 Apr - 21 Apr	Running	12.29
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

08 Apr - 14 Apr	Running	12.03
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

01 Apr - 07 Apr	Running	0
	Cycling	0
	Swimming	0

Additional Information

Biography:
I'm slowly getting back into this running lark!!

Location:
Dunwich

Interests:
Most sports...Football, Cricket, Golf, Chess. Fruit and veg growing!

5k Personal Best:
0:19:35

10k Personal Best:
0:39:31

10 Mile Personal Best:
1:07:54

Half Marathon Personal Best:
1:29:30 .....ST NEOTS 15/11/09

Marathon Personal Best:
3:34:33 .... Bungay 2009. I should be able to do better!

Sex:
Male

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September 2006 (18 entries)

Blog Entries For September 2006

Training Session Saturday 30th September 2006, 06:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Warm
Type Of Session	Running - Easy Run	Route
Surface	Road	Duration	46m 44s
Distance	5 Miles (Approx)

Easy, slow, run with Sue from Dunstan Hall.
About 5 miles.
Sue's longest time out since returning to running after RA diagnosed.

Training Session Thursday 28th September 2006, 08:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Humid
Type Of Session	Running - Hill Work	Route	Holly Hill/Hall Rd hills
Surface	Road	Duration	57m 56s
Distance	6 Miles (Approx)

About 6.75 miles in total.
Warm up to start point then 6 hill reps and jog recovery.
Then jog to next start point and 12 hill reps with jog recovery.
Didn't go too badly at all. Good hard session.
8 LRRs out but no ladies.

Training Session Tuesday 26th September 2006, 17:15

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Humid
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route	To and inc part LRR winter route
Surface	Road	Duration	48m 47s
Distance	6 Miles (Approx)

As per last Tuesday in terms of the 6.25 approx route but ran a lot better despite concerns about left groin pain.

Training Session Monday 25th September 2006, 07:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route	Home treadmill
Surface	Road	Duration	39m 26s
Distance	5 Miles

Steady treadmill run ...set to manual.
Very sweaty!!

Training Session Sunday 24th September 2006, 10:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Humid
Type Of Session	Running - Easy Run	Route	Sue's 3.5m route
Surface	Road	Duration	33m 32s
Distance	3 Miles (Approx)

Very easy slow run with Sue...very humid still.

Training Session Friday 22nd September 2006, 10:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Cross Training - Cycling	Route	Mixed gym session
Surface	Mixed	Duration	45m 00s
Distance	4 Miles (Approx)

Mixed session at gym...15mins of treadmill, exercise bike and cross trainer.

Training Session Thursday 21st September 2006, 17:15

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Humid
Type Of Session	Running - Speed Work	Route	Normanston Park
Surface	Mixed	Duration	48m 45s
Distance	6 Miles (Approx)

Small group of LRR did speedwork at NP. Good session.
About 6.75m in total.

Training Session Tuesday 19th September 2006, 17:15

How I Felt	Terrible	Weather	Humid
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route	To and inc part LRR winter route
Surface	Road	Duration	49m 43s
Distance	6 Miles

Worse run for ages. About 6.25m all of which was rough! Tight chest and heavy legs. Not sure why...possibly down to allotment work...ie digging.

Training Session Monday 18th September 2006, 13:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Cross Training - Cycling	Route
Surface	Road	Duration	40m 00s
Distance	3 Miles

Cross trainer random session in gym...about 3.75 miles

Training Session Sunday 17th September 2006, 07:30

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Humid
Type Of Session	Running - Long Run	Route	To Ravine etc
Surface	Road	Duration	1h 35m 51s
Distance	11 Miles (Approx)

Nice easy run. Picked up pace in last 3 miles. Very warm still.

Training Session Friday 15th September 2006, 11:15

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Cross Training - Cycling	Route	TREADMILL AT GYM
Surface	Road	Duration	40m 00s
Distance	2 Miles

Lunchtime session. 20mins on treadmill (2.5m) and 20 mins on bike.

Training Session Thursday 14th September 2006, 17:15

How I Felt	Good	Weather	Humid
Type Of Session	Running - Tempo Run	Route
Surface	Mixed	Duration	1h 03m 05s
Distance	8 Miles (Approx)

About 8.5 miles. Easy/steady to start and then picked up tempo to 5k pace before easing down again.Felt good for a hardish session.
13 LRR out tonight.

Training Session Tuesday 12th September 2006, 17:15

How I Felt	Bad	Weather	Humid
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route	TO AND INC LRR SUMMER ROUTE
Surface	Road	Duration	53m 37s
Distance	6 Miles (Approx)

Tired before starting. Very humid...uncomfortable. Picked up after 3 miles or so...approx 6.75m covered at, overall, steady pace.
Good club run 16 LRR members out tonight.

Training Session Monday 11th September 2006, 11:15

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route	TREADMILL AT GYM
Surface	Track	Duration	45m 00s
Distance	6 Miles (Approx)

Start of St Neots Riverside Half M training. Steady recovery run on treadmill. 6 miles no problem after short hilly race yesterday.

Training Session Sunday 10th September 2006, 11:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Running - Hill Work	Route	The Scores
Surface	Road	Duration	33m 00s
Distance	4 Miles

New PB by 1min 19 secs despite hot and sunny conditions! No breeze along the front too.
Just goes to show hillwork and speed sessions do pay dividends.

Next target race(though will do some beforehand) Riverside Half 19/11/06.

Training Session Thursday 7th September 2006, 08:00

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Running - Speed Work	Route	Normanston Park
Surface	Grass	Duration	42m 00s
Distance	5 Miles (Approx)

Fairly easy speed session with Scores in mind Sunday.
14 LRR runners out!

Training Session Wednesday 6th September 2006, 11:20

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Running - Regular Run	Route	TREADMILL AT GYM
Surface	Mixed	Duration	40m 00s
Distance	5 Miles (Approx)

MANUAL SETTING ON TREADMILL AT GYM. LUNCHTIME SESSION. VERY HOT DESPITE AIRCON.GOOD STEADY WORKOUT.

Training Session Tuesday 5th September 2006, 17:30

How I Felt	OK	Weather	Hot And Sunny
Type Of Session	Running - Hill Work	Route	The Scores
Surface	Road	Duration	36m 01s
Distance	4 Miles (Approx)

Last training run on Scores before race on Sunday. Ran with AB...steady pace. Very muggy! Got to run hard and fast for first 2 miles of race to pick up time and get close to PB 34'19"set in 1999.:eek: