I missed running on Thursday and Friday, stress and depression hit home, hard! You
would think trying to sort out a few minor issues with the club Grand
Prix would be easy but yet again I hit a stone wall of negativity. Good
news is that I can see a change a coming! People are getting tired of
the way things are being run and it looks like a new wave of positivity
and encouragement are just around the corner, here's to THE NEW ORDER. Sat 30th At
least the rest did my legs good, I felt quite fresh as Tess and me set
off on another long run. Marius Bakken recommended 2 hours 30 min but
we ended up with almost 3 hours as we ran over the big sand dunes,
through the pinewoods then back between the two golf courses which
included the infamous 'Big Dipper'. = 2.49 Sun 31st Easy run with Sarah,Jon and Tess. Total time = 1.28 ARE RUNNERS SEXY CLICK HERE
Tue 2nd Had another great run today, once again it was a Marius Bakken session. 20
mins at 1/2 marathon [6.04]pace followed by 10 x 45 sec at 10 k [ 5.44]
pace.I felt confident and in total control of the session and hit my
target pace of 6.04 for the 20 min tempo run, a few mins easy and i did
the 45 second efforts round a half mile hill loop along Trafalgar Rd. I finished feeling energized and fresh!=1.00 Mon 1st Club session =2.05
Check out this video of Earl Fee and change your perceptions of what is possible. Amazing stride for an 80 year old, awesome!!!
Oh man it was cold yesterday, set off as the snow came down, my legs started to burn as the snow stuck to my running tights and freeze burned my skin. It was a very long hour and half run over the sandhills.
Working the endurance system while adapting to a faster pace through running faster and faster within each 3 min, Marius Bakken 1 min 6.48 pace-1 min- 6.10 pace-1 min 5.44 pace-2 mins easy x 6 I've
been doing my fast sessions in the dark, I kind of find it more
exciting and if I go out at about 7 pm there are no cars on the back
roads to get in my way. I
loved this session short and sweet, the hardest part was running at
6.48 pace, once I upped the pace the momentum made my legs flow round
and everything smoothed out. I added some hilly loops to give my legs some fast downhill running, before finishing on flatter roads'. It
was much warmer than Wed and I broke out into a nice sweat under my
thermal jacket, i took off my gloves and found I was running really
well. GOOD FUN SESSION :] = 38 mins
A custumer at work said they thought I was 32, OK, maybe they need glasses but I'm happy to go along with them :] Cus I'm 49 in March this year! But as they say age is just but a number and I feel better than I did at 20, back then I doubt I could have run a 1/4 mile without feeling really bad! Maybe I'm reversing the clock of farther time!!!
Friday is my normal rest day apart from doing some core and resistance training, but my lovely wife Niz wanted to do a run with me, so we headed out for a nice easy run for 21 mins.
An Interview with Running Form Expert, Jay Dicharry
Q: What is the most common form mistake you see? A:
Runners who don't extend the hips! Runners need to work on hip
extension stretching so that they can actually extend the hip and not
the back. Tightness of the hip flexors, which prohibits hip extension,
leads to so many other compensations that it’s crazy not to do
it. I can say pretty confidently that about 90% of the folks reading
this article will directly benefit from working on their hip extension.
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