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I am often asked what kind of training I am doing and to be honest of late its not been much. Balancing working from home with the demands of two young kids has been tricky but this year they are both at school so am hoping this is the year I get back to race fitness.
With that in mind, I thought some of you may be interested to see my training which will hopefully taking me from fairly unfit at the moment to being 100 mile ready late this year or early next year.
I’ll share the key elements of each week’s sessions, the rational behind the sessions and anything else I think might be interesting or useful that you can take into your training.
Some background on me which hopefully gives some perspective on my training. I used to be a relatively quick runner. I have an Ironman Marathon PB of 3:03 , I finished UTMB in 28:45, won a couple of 100-mile races in the UK ( one with a course record ) and represented Australia in the 2008 World Trail Championships in France. That was all before kids! A pace of 4 minutes 20 seconds per km used to be my easy long run pace but with my current fitness, I would be happy to do a park run at that pace. So fair to say things have changed! But my love of running hasn’t.
Whilst at the age of 55 I don’t hold any hopes of being able to do track sessions at sub 3 min k pace like I used to but I am keen to see how much speed I can get back before I get too old ! My short-term goals with running are just to get back to a consistent 70-90km a week with a bit of speed and hill work in there. Once I get to that level I’ll start planning some events – I have a few stretch goals in mind and will share when the time is a right!
For now, I hope my running diary gives you some ideas on how to approach your running , informs you on why certain sessions are beneficial and how to execute them and maybe just inspires you a little bit to see how far your running can take you. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask.