The Not So Frequent update
I’ve been very quiet, and with 11 days until Comrades, it’s time for me to update on what I’ve been up to. I though I’d compile a list of NSFAQ (Not so frequently asked questions) for the three of you that are interested:
Q: How’s the training gone since Two Oceans?
A: Well I took a week off training, basically just tried to recover. I slowly increased my mileage up to 120km a week, and now I’m tapering. I like graphs, so let me show you one:
The above bar graph shows my weekly mileage divided up to into my different types of runs.
Q: What happened in the week 19 May to 25 May?
A: That was terrible. I got a stomach bug on the Monday, followed by a cold. Only managed to run three times, overdosing on Vitamin C seemed to work. I managed my long run fine though, which was 35km.
Q: Any highlights of the training so far?
A: A few. I ran a time trial 2 weeks after Two Oceans and got a PB of 17:25, which felt great. Another highlight was the Four Hills for Lindsay 56km training run. I completed this in 5 hours, and felt fantastic, a real confident booster.
Q: And lows?
A: Not that many, the combine long run and race on the 4th of May was quite tough. I ran the very hilly VWS 25km trail race followed by another 20km in howling wind and rain was quite testing. My 36km long run on the 13th of April was also tough, as I neglected to eat in the morning, and I started late.
Q: What is your total mileage for the year?
A: As of the 4th of June, I’m sitting on 1741km, so I think I’ve done just about enough. Would have liked closer to 1900, but rather be undertrained than overtrained as they say.
Q: What is your goal time?
A: 7:25, which would give me a silver. I’ll go into more detail in a future post.
Ok, so now that I’ve self indulged myself enough, please comment and tell me how your training is going, and how you are feeling about the big day. I would love to hear!
