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I am planning to run the Berlin Marathon and the Chicago Marathon in the space of two weeks.

A new blog has been created to record my progress.

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So that takes of week two on my 12 week plan to get back into running. Pretty easy week I admit but I am in no great hurry.

SUNDAY: After running long the day before and falling over hurting my knee and side I was not up for much. A fairly  quick 5 km. Weight 68.3 Kgm on the first day of the year.😢  Only slight pain in knee but side hurt the whole time.

MONDAY : Didn’t feel that good so only ran…

COMPLETED ✅First week of training done and dusted.

After being ill in October and doing very little running apart from a couple of races and my usual daily run,I have started training again…even if what I have done has been fairly easy.Hopefully I can push myself a lot harder as time goes by.

SUNDAY : First day back had to be taken easily. Ran 12 km with Tamami really pushing myself hard over the…

RUNNING TRAINING STARTS TOMORROW……

Tomorrow is the big day. I start training again. I have been doing some running and am thinking of what I have been doing as a sort of pre-season. I am not very fast or strong and am certainly the most inflexible I have ever been….but the plan is to change all that……starting December 25 th

This last week has gone as follows :

MONDAY : A steady run with Tamami San of about 14 km. Weight 67.7 km.

RUNNING IN TOKYO: Resting

Another week of running in Japan. I am trying to take it easy and to commence training again on December 25 th.

This current post is written via my delux super modern cherry red coloured new iPad. 😎

MONDAY : A good start to the week. I ran what for me was a solid 12 km. I tried to run a little faster with my last 4 kms run at 5.22, 5.22, 5.10, 4.53. Sure this is not fast per se ,but I was running…

  I have decided to take a break until December 25 th. That is a Sunday and just the day to start again with a good long hard run in Tokyo.

This week has been the first week of my resting.

MONDAY : A good half an hour in the gym in the morning followed by a steady 15 km or so with Tamami in the afternoon.

TUESDAY: Another gym session in the morning and a short jog in the afternoon.

WEDNESDAY :…

Another week running in Japan

Another week living and running in Japan concluding with a race in Sunday.

MONDAY  : Gym session in the morning of about 45 minutes. Not pushing it too hard at this stage. In the afternoon a slightly quicker run of about 20 minutes with Mi chan over a new route wearing light shoes.

TUESDAY : 13 km run which I found hard. Never felt good. Weight 68.1 Kgms Blood Pressure 140/85

WEDNESDAY : Did not…

This last week running in Japan was ok I suppose. I am over my illness and my foot problems are now only minimal. My running week has evolved as follows:

SATURDAY( November 20th) : An easy two laps( 10km) of the Palace with Tamami San in a bit over 55 minutes. Crowds made it a little harder than I would have liked but that is of course to be expected.

MONDAY: Started the day( week) well with a…

Just over a week before the Melbourne Marathon I became ill and th did not run. I have never really been so sick I could not race. I am proud of the fact that since I started work in 1974 I have never missed a day’s work.

On the Friday before the Sunday Marathon I ran 3 km. I really had to dig deep to just finish this run.

NEW YORK: I went to America to support Tamami when she ran the NYC…

TWO WEEKS TILL RACE.

Only two weeks until the Melbourne Marathon.

This last week has been a little bit different to my normal training but I think it has been a reasonably worthwhile week.The aim is of course not to train just for the sake of training but to enable  me to run 42.2 Km.

MONDAY : After a solid 31 km run on the Sunday I took it very easy and ran just 3 km.

TUESDAY : I have sold my office building and…

Marathon : Getting close now.

From today it is only Three weeks until the Melbourne Marathon. I am certainly far from ready but still trying to follow Champion Marathon Runner Pat Carroll ‘s training schedule. This week has been as follows :

MONDAY : Pat says it is a rest today. I was still sore from the 30 km run yesterday so was happy to run just 3 km.

TUESDAY : Training plan said 50 minutes. I switched to my lighter shoes…

Marathon in a Month

Only FIVE weeks until the Melbourne Marathon. I am still trying to follow the schedule of Champion Marathon Runner,Pat Carroll. However after becoming quite ill after last Sunday’s 30 km run with friends my confidence is pretty low.

MONDAY : Pat said ‘ rest’ and after a miserable run the day before I was happy to do so. Ran 3 km.whole body felt sore.

TUESDAY: Plan was 50 minutes. I did not time…

With six weeks to go until the Melbourne Marathon I am still trying to follow the schedule set out for me by Marathon runner Pat Carroll.

My latest week of training finished with a long run which had both good points and bad.

Monday : Pat said ‘ rest’. I was still sore from the Half Marathon race the day before so I ran an easy 3 km.

Tuesday: Pat said ” 50 minutes”. I ran for 25 minutes and then…

I am following Pat Carroll’s coaching program although for most of this week I really did not do much. As follows :

MONDAY: I ran around 30 Kms the day before in about 2 hours 45. As I was pretty sore I took a rest day. In the morning I pushed weights for an hour in the gym and in the afternoon ran a slow 3 km.

TUESDAY: Still did not feel great. Ran 7 km with Mi Chan in light rain.

It is now September….race is next month !!!!

WEDNESDAY: Just could not get the motivation going so ran the reverse of yesterday’s run of 7 km. Running again with Mi Chan ran 46 seconds faster than yesterday.

THURSDAY/FRIDAY/SATURDAY:  Ran 3 km each day. Had a small cold and leg hurt.

SUNDAY: HALF  MARATHON RACE:

My PLAN was to run the Melbourne Marathon in such a time that would qualify me for an Age Group Elite start. However for the NY Marathon you can also qualify with a Half Marathon time.

One of the many troubles with my running these days is that I train very slowly. I run maybe around 5.30 per km at training.

I sometimes finish faster but rarely run 5 minute pace. For the race on Sunday I planned to average 5 minutes exactly which would get me the qualification time.

Parked the car 2 Kms from the start and ran to the line. I think this was a good move as my leg always gives me trouble first thing in the morning and a warm up run helps.By the time I was on the start line I was no longer limping.

Pat suggested taking a gel one hour before the race which I did. This may have helped. Certainly did not hurt me.

START: Ran the first 3 Kms in 4.51,4.44 and 4.55. Time in the bank but unfortunately it felt fast. Fast for me !

Race was on roads which I like but had to be run in long laps and each lap had a hill….not a big hill….but a hill.From 5-10 km did not feel well but tried to keep below 5 minute pace. 4.59/4.55/4.58/5.04/4.59

After half way I started to count down the laps…9 to go…8 to go. Time ok 4.53/4.57/4.57/5.08/5.01

Struggled a bit after 15 km but kept in mind I had time in the bank and after getting up the hill for the last time I could run home hard. Km time 15-20: 5.01/5.03/5.05/5.06/5.06

Finally turned for home….last full km 4.43 ( fastest for the day)….last couple of hundred meters ( I made distance 21.2) was run at 4.17 pace.

My aim was to run at 5.00 minutes per km….my average time was 4.59.

Made the qualifying time for the New York Marathon 2017.

I found this a hard enough run. Certainly I can do better.

MARATHONS in 8 weeks

The Melbourne Marathon is in 8 weeks time. I am still following the training schedule prepared by Champion Marathon runner Pat Carroll. I suffer from a painful heel which makes running fairly hard.

This last week I have spent a few days away from the Melbourne winter up at my apartment in Queensland. Surfers Paradise.

This is what my training consisted of during the last week. As before I have…

9 Weeks till Marathon !

Not long until the Melbourne Marathon. I am ( trying) to follow a Marathon Training Schedule set out for me by Marathon runner Pat Carroll. I still suffer from a sore ankle/heel which takes a lot o…

Source: 9 Weeks till Marathon !

9 Weeks till Marathon !

Not long until the Melbourne Marathon. I am ( trying) to follow a Marathon Training Schedule set out for me by Marathon runner Pat Carroll. I still suffer from a sore ankle/heel which takes a lot of the joy out of running.

I will ignore all pain.

My weeks training is as follows. I have noted first what Pat says I should do and what I have actually done.

Monday: Pat says today is a rest day.…