Parkrun Improve

[NeilJ]

Hi Neil, you sound as though you needed an easy week

hopefully things become easier though an easy week should still be a plan

TheEd

Hi Gavin, you are spot on, that’s exactly what the previous week comprised of.

Last week’s Parkrun was run in 24’38.3 which does appear to be a bit of a ceiling at the moment. That was a definite indicator that I needed to dial things down a bit.

I then throttled back and ran my longer run on the treadmill slower than usual. It was a bit of a challenge to complete an hour’s run of 11.57 Km on the treadmill. It’s the longest I have ever run on a treadmill at the gym and it was a great exercise in discipline, as it did do my head in a bit. The relentlessness of the turning belt with no view was difficult but great to keep me moving at a consistent pace for a change.

As I feel that I have been hammering away at the same program, at the same pace, I decided to skip the hill session and just jogged down to the courier locker to deposit a parcel and jogged a slow 5K for a change. It was great to have a change of pace.
 
Saturdays park run was also run slower than usual in 25’19.7 and then I was back into the vineyards to run Monday 10.41 k in 1:03.29.

Although this wasn’t much of a break I do feel that the small incremental changes by running the treadmill and skipping the hill session for a gentle 5k did provide a lower intensity week.
 
I am going to begin to prepare for the next mark to run sub 24 minutes before the end of the year, which gives me around 10 weeks which I think is more than reasonable. Looking forward to some advice and a bit of coaching if you are willing which would be great. Upwards and onwards.