Half Marathon Training. Wk 5, Day 2. 2 Mile Warm Up + 5 x 480m easy with 160m Pick Ups. Found a flat route and dug out my Takumi Sen’s for this one. #running #halfmarathontraining #corosrunning #runchat #runnersofmastodon

After yesterday’s run tests I can better dial in my workouts for the half marathons lined up in the next 3 months. Today an 8km run with 3 in zone 2 and 5 in zone 3. Pace a little slower than expected due to the more hilly route taken #running #halfmarathontraining #racepace #corosrunning #runnersofmastodon

The lactate and vo2 max test I had booked today had to be cancelled so did my own on a treadmill. It’s not as accurate to determine LT2 but is ok for now. #running #thresholdtest #corosrunning #runnersofmastodon

half marathon training wk3 day 3: 4 miles easy pace with 5 minutes warm up and cool down. Managed a good steady pace today, hr just slightly up towards the end. Rest day tomorrow need to be ready for a lactate/ vo2 max test Saturday #running #halfmarathontraining #corosrunning #runnersofmastodon

Half marathon training wk 3 day 2. 5 km easy plus strides. Workout said 5k in hr zone 2 then 6x 480m in zone 2 and 6x 160m in zone 4. Decided to let heart rate go down after each fast rep, whether that make a difference I don’t know 🤷 Anyway a good workout #running #halfmarathontraining #corosrunning #runnersofmastdon

Half marathon training wk3 day1.
8 km treadmill run. Pace set towards high end of zone 2, hr ended up almost at LT2 by the end of the workout but today was about trying to keep form #running #halfmarathontraining #corosrunning #runnersofmastodon

Half marathon training wk 2 day 5: Sunday long run. 5 minutes warm up, 5k easy zone 2, 6.5k tempo/race pace, 5 minutes cool down. Things went better than expected considering the last long run was in October. #running #halfmarathontraining #sundaylongrun #corosrunning #runchat #runnersofmastodon

Wk 2, day 4: 5k treadmill run, easy zone 2 pace. Wanted to have some consistency today, no hills and a nice steady pace. #running #halfmarathontraining #5krun #corosrunning #runnersofmastodon

Half Marathon training Wk2, Day 2: 800m race pace intervals. 6x800m alternating between hr zone 2 and zone 3 Things to improve on, less walking on the zone 2 reps and keep hr in zone and hopefully increase race pace as weeks go by but for now a good base to work with #running #halfmarathontraining #racepaceintervals #corosrunning #runnersofmastodon

Had to take Sunday’s long run off due to a family issue. Back on track today. Half marathon training wk2 day 1: 4 miles/6.5km easy pace plus 5 minutes warm up and cool down. Average pace 7:32 min/km, average hr 157 bpm, rpe 3/4 #running #halfmarathontraining #easyrunning #corosrunning #runnersofmastodon

Day 3 of half marathon training and feeling a lot better. 5km zone 2 easy pace with 5 minutes warm up and cool down, heart rate in the right place just need to build the pace up over the next few weeks #running #halfmarathontraining #corosrunning #corostrainingplan #runnersofmastodon

Day 2 of half marathon training and an easy ish workout. 3km plus some strides. Things almost went to plan until I realised the auto lap function on my Coros had been removed so wasn’t sure when to manually do it #running #halfmarathontraining #strides #corosrunning #runchat #runnersofmastodon

Day 1 of the next training block for my next race, The Poseidon Athens Half Marathon in 12 weeks time and a visit to the gym for an easy pace 6.5km to start things off with. Hr still higher than preferred for the session but hopefully things will improve over the weeks #running #halfmarathontraining #corosrunning #oldguysrule #runnersofmastodon

Been a bit out of sorts the past few days, got an appointment at the docs to try and finally clear my chest infection and was given some penicillin and steroids so hopefully all clear next week. Felt better today so managed a 30 minute jeff #running #slowrunning #corosrunning #runnersofmastodon #runningcommunity

Back at it after a week off still trying to clear a chest infection which was affecting my copd. 6k split into 2 x3k easy pace runs with a break in between. Hope to start training proper the end of the month for my first half of the year in 13 weeks time #running #corosrunning #runchat #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity

First 10k since my last race in September and first easy pace since July and not what I was expecting, pace down 2 min/km and hr up 20 bpm. Definitely a lot to improve on #running #10krun #corosrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity

A very enjoyable 5k with my local pub’s Thursday social jog. Tough going on a hilly route but well worth it #running #socialrun #corosrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity

Wasn’t able to run over the weekend, copd had left me breathless for most the time. Managed 30 minutes this evening but was a struggle even at what would have been a relatively slow pace. Hope things improve so I can begin training for my first half in April #running #slowrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity #corosrunning

8k at tempo just under 49 minutes with stops and walk breaks to keep hr in the right zone. Not the best I’ve ran but will accept as recovering from a chest infection #running #temporunning #corosrunning #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity

first chance of a run since the weekend and a trip to the gym for some more base building km’s #running #easyrunning #adidasrunning #corosrunning #runchat #runnersofmastodon #RunningCommunity