Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Catching Up

I haven't blogged here in ages and now is not necessarily an ideal time. It's late. I have been running though. For the first time ever, I ran 6 days in a row last week and cycled on the 7th. That sounds almost biblical. It was fine. I should be able to do six this week as well, but will not be cycling because of other commitments.
Can I see an improvement? I'm not sure really.
What's changed since my last marathon? I am a more controlled runner. It is no longer run away at my heart's content at miles dictated by Higdon's plan, but run according to specific heart rates, mainly keeping it low and slow. I am part of a thread where I chat and read about running.
I am reading Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner, Running Lydiard's Way and Pfitzinger and Douglas.
I am, of this week, doing some core conditioning more consistently.
I have begun to watch my intake of calories, simply by counting using an app on my iphone.
It's difficult to see changes yet. I have not been running consistently enough.
I am just going to put up my runs in distance, pace and HR here and I will offer further comment on a later post:
Jan 25    3.58mile    11:13   140bpm    461ft  Early morn
Jan 26    6.24mi       10:19   135          694     Early morn
Jan 27   10.23         10:10   147          1164

Jan 30    6.08           10:55   138        647
Jan 31    6.82           10:19   135        418
Feb 1     6.02            11:35   137        487 Early morn

ill

Feb 6    3.33           10:33      130       218
Feb 7    6.21           10:29      137       568
Feb 8    3.87           10:36      140       276     Evening
Feb 9    6.14           10:44      140       622     Evening
Feb 10   4               10:22      137       489
Feb 11  12.01         10:20      146       436

Feb 13  4.01           10:25       134      409
Feb 14  7.42            09:29      146      456
Feb 15  6:01           10:31       139      488  Early morn

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