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2019 - will one thread be enough for the whole year?
10-08-2019, 01:57 PM, (This post was last modified: 10-08-2019, 02:00 PM by marathondan.)
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RE: 2019 - will one thread be enough for the whole year?
A decent July comes to a close, but with the arrival of the inevitable blip.

Notching up week 12 of 18 in the training plan, I ground out the longest long run so far, 17.4 miles, in less than spectacular fashion, feeling fatigued and coming in outside 4:30 marathon pace. So far, so average - I was due a step-back week, so weariness wasn't a disaster. But the following morning, the lingering problem Achilles - thus far keeping its head down - was super-sore, and remained so for several days. With a few days in the Fens coming up followed by a week in Gozo, I had resolved to squeeze in a few more quality sessions before taking it easy in the Mediterranean heat. However, this sounded risky, so I decided to take a complete break for 10 days. So that's 5 un-highlighted spaces on the training plan. I'm long past fretting about such things; the bigger picture is what matters.

The tendon is now much better, but I have no doubt that it will continue to grumble, and occasionally yelp, for the rest of the programme. I have two more weeks before I'm due to taper; the Achillles might not survive both the long and the fast sessions, so I think I should prioritise the long. I really must have a 20 miler in the bag before toeing the line. And having had a good break, I can probably reduce the taper a bit - if the old body is up to it. 

19 miles are due tomorrow - I'm currently weighing up whether to get straight back on the horse, or delay for another day. Mitigating factors are (a) sleep deprivation from driving home through the night from Stansted, (b) giving platelets tomorrow - which doesn't affect one in the same way as giving whole blood, as they give you the red stuff back, but they do skim off a pint of plasma at the same time, which means a pint less liquid in the body.

29 days to race day.

Year to date: 343 miles. Jan: 21, Feb 20, Mar 33, Apr 47, May 50, Jun 77, Jul 96

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RE: 2019 - will one thread be enough for the whole year? - by marathondan - 10-08-2019, 01:57 PM
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