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Training to run a half marathon - QuentinG - 01-03-2014
Hi my name is Quentin Grey and i would love to races a half marathon in August 2014 in Newcastle Australia My current age is 53 and weight a staggering 90kg.20 years ago i trained and raced under Gavin Doyle called TRAC my age then was 33 and my racing weight was 72kg.I have a pb on the following races
3KM....9MIN
5KM..15MIN
8KM....25MIN
10KM...SUB 32
15KM...49.52
21KM....71.45MIN
30KM....1.46
42KM...3.10
It has been a while and have not run or raced properly since.Would love to take up the challenge again and try and run well for my age group.Even thinking about The Masters games .Thanks a lot Quentin
Quentin Grey
Training to run a half marathon - TheEd - 01-03-2014
Thanks Quentin .. I know you have just run your 4k time-trial
so if you can now put down your current stats for weight
and what you have been doing in the last 4 weeks exercise wise
Quentin, didn't you run a faster marathon, was sure you ran one 42k under our training
regards
TheEd
Training to run a half marathon - QuentinG - 02-03-2014
QuentinG Wrote:Hi my name is Quentin Grey and i would love to races a half marathon in August 2014 in Newcastle Australia My current age is 53 and weight a staggering 90kg.20 years ago i trained and raced under Gavin Doyle called TRAC my age then was 33 and my racing weight was 72kg.I have a pb on the following races
3KM....9MIN
5KM..15MIN
8KM....25MIN
10KM...SUB 32
15KM...49.52
21KM....71.45MIN
30KM....1.46
42KM...3.10
It has been a while and have not run or raced properly since.Would love to take up the challenge again and try and run well for my age group.Even thinking about The Masters games .Thanks a lot Quentin
Quentin Grey
Hi Gavin yep you are correct we ran the Cape Town Marathon in a time of 2h45 min i was thinking of the Bay to Bay
The past 4weeks have not been doing much running only every 3rd day and then its a slow 5 to 6km would like to do it in small steps I have started to do simple exercise like press ups and light weights as i say looking forward to stepping up and run well again sure do miss those days Thanks
Training to run a half marathon - TheEd - 02-03-2014
Let's roll it out slowly .. what was your 4k time-trial and weight at time of run, please?
Thanks TheEd
Training to run a half marathon - QuentinG - 04-03-2014
TheEd Wrote:Let's roll it out slowly .. what was your 4k time-trial and weight at time of run, please?
Thanks TheEd
Hi GAVIN
Time for 4km a 19min 30 sec weight 90kg
Training to run a half marathon - TheEd - 04-03-2014
first session Thursday
be patient and we roll it out with caution, though we introduce quality we do things with ease, allowing your natural ability to come through while moving through the gears slowly
there will be walking involved in this program, so be prepared, the idea is to get you used to bearing weight
Thursday: 3 x 2k @ 5 minutes per k with 2 minutes easy in-between
you should find this an easy session, however this is the intention
Saturday will be 1 hour of exercise, made up of walking then light jogging for 20 minutes and then walking
20 min walk - 20 jog - 20 min walk
best thing is to do the Saturday session with someone who is less fit that you, so that you focus on them and not yourself
nothing more
Tueday 5 x 1k .. will discuss pace soon
you should run 1 minute faster for the 4k time-trial in 6 weeks time, even with this easy training
onwards
TheEd
ps.. will provide your further sessions as you progress, be patient and provide feedback
Training to run a half marathon - QuentinG - 06-03-2014
Thank you the Ed will start on Thursday and let you know times and effort.
Training to run a half marathon - QuentinG - 08-03-2014
The Ed
Warm up of 1.5km easy jog some strides and stretch. Ran 3x2km in a time of (1)..9.50 (2)....9.55 (3)...9.50 Felt ok just breathing a bit heavy.
On Saturday walked and ran 20min as instructed felt great
Ready for next training
Thanks Q
Training to run a half marathon - TheEd - 13-03-2014
Nice QG .. have you done the 1k session?
you would have run those 10 seconds faster
the session would be Tuesday
Thursday is gone now
Friday Rest
please provide feedback so I can see where you are with your training
TheEd
Training to run a half marathon - QuentinG - 14-03-2014
To The Ed
Tuesday did 5 x 1km average time for all 5 where 4min 43 sec felt ok just breathing a bit heavy Weight slowly coming down 89kg.. feeling better than the 2km session.Ran easy 7km on Thursday around 5min 30 per km weather was hot so took it easy.Legs only stiff in morning but ready to go for next session
Thanks Q