Where's the hay?

 

Did my last long run yesterday afternoon, a 29.3 miler at the end of a 150 mile week, 7 laps with a couple of uphill drags each lap, 6 x 90 second walk/fuel breaks with the clock running, 4 hours 36 mins, 9.25 mpm average, hip playing up but not too bad, in control all the way, won't need to go that fast in a fortnight.

 

Since the beginning of June, weekly mileage totals:

 

85

92

80

114 1/2 

84

125 3/4

84

144

26 1/3 (hol)

145 1/2

26 3/4 (hol)

150

118 1/4

150

 

12 days taper now.

 

The hay is in the barn.



Looking forward to the tapir, sorry, taper.

 

Getting lots of niggles now, including a new and quite unpleasant hip one, which has slowed the Plodville, Arizona pace down to between 10:30 to 11:00 mpm.  Overload City, close to breaking point I think with all the miles, will have gone 150/118 and bits/150 last 3 weeks by Sunday night.  Just 3 days to go, including today, until the 12 day taper starts, and by God, I need it.  Almost grinding to a halt.  This morning, on my 10 miles to work, I actually fell over on tarmac, there was no reason for it, I just tripped over my own feet about 3 miles in, gave my shoulder quite a whack, but no lasting damage done - just very deeply fatigued.

 

Anyway, did the 5 and a bit lunchtime, hip twingeing, got to do 14 and a half home, then two fives tomorrow, then a final 29 long run Sunday, then I come down.

 

12 days on easy street should see me right.

 

I still have the faith.

 

Let's get to Sunday night.

 

Home straight to the taper.

Heheheheh

 

6 days to go before the taper.

 

Just had a 9 day block to yesterday of 5 long runs on alternate days with 2 x 5 milers on the easy days.  Have gone 29-5/5-23-5/5-29-5/5-23-5/5-29, the equivalent of 5 marathons in 9 days, all of it slow, bulk work but with the ebb and flow of the hard/easy pattern. 

 

Feeling strong.

 

Hard easy hard easy hard easy hard easy hard.

 

Heheheheh.