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Sheffield Half Marathon

Phil — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:50:41 +0000

Getting ready for the next race this year which is as you have probably guessed by the subtle title of this blog post The Sheffield Half Marathon which is being run on the same day as the London Marathon. A few thousand people will be doing it so this will be the biggest race in terms of numbers of people that i have ever done.

After a rest day on Monday after Sundays race and a mild hangover the week so far has gone like this.

Tuesday 4 miler
Wednesday 8 miler
Thursday 5 miler

Fast 4 Tuesday.

Phil — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:23:41 +0000

Just got back from a 4 miler. I had a few Guinness last night not many just more than one and i felt it today during this run. Race weekend this Sunday it’s advertised as an undulating 10km……eeps!

Ran 4.21 miles in 34:19 @ 8:09 min/miles pace

In The Hills And Race Numbers

Phil — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:41:29 +0000

Got our race numbers through the post today for the Farndon 10km race on the 7^th March. I haven’t touched a drop of booze since the last disastrous race preparation and do not intend to. Always nice to get the numbers quite early because for me it puts a bit more focus on the training. However because I am going to be running a Marathon quite soon I still have an eye on that and as such have planned some long distance work which I suppose is not great for 10km speed training. Who am I kidding I’m a 2 stone overweight amateur runner talking like a pro ………………. I love it.

Went for a 5 miler in the hills which turned out to be a nice run after having another rest day yesterday.

Ran 5.03 miles in 43:42 @ 8:41 min/miles pace

Fartlek, Hills, type of run

Phil — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:29:42 +0000

The sun came out this morning while i was at work so not to miss such a rare event i stopped what i was doing put my running kit on and went for a run in case it only lasted a short period. The blue sky was welcome but could not disguise the blood chilling temperatures outside. I ended up doing an odd sort of run. My legs were tired from yesterdays efforts so i just ran as hard as i could uphill which there are many where i was today and then sort of bimbled on the downhill bits.

Ran 4.23 miles in 39:04 @ 9:14 min/miles pace

8 Miler.

Phil — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:06:18 +0000

Just got back from a looped 8 miler. The route includes a massive hill. I say massive it’s not that big but it is huge. I finally did a run i intended to do before i did it if that makes any sense at all? I usually just run and see how i feel and whatever distance is done then that’s it.

I think i should have typed this in about 2 hours from now because i just seem to be rambling and I’m finding it hard to focus on the keyboard.

Ran 8.19 miles in 1:13:14 @ 8:57 min/miles pace