27M am long run at 6.10min/M
After yesterday's race, I wanted to run long but not too fast for my Sunday run - to get my legs used to running low on fuel but without risking injury by pushing too hard the day after a race. As it turned out, I was really full of running. I've had this a few times after hard races (including a pretty solid 25 miler the day after last year's Southern Champs).
I bounded along the whole way without really knowing it. I ran without a watch, so it was only when I passed Big Ben and again when I got home that I realised that I was going as fast as I was (I averaged a bit under 6.10 pace).
The route was along the canal to Limehouse, then the London Marathon route from Narrow Street, around the Isle of Dogs and all the way back to the finish line (including the Blackfriars Tunnel - it was early on a Sunday so not too hairy and I've only ever been there on race day so I thought it'd be good to see) and then back home through Green Park, Hyde Park and Regent's Park.
I didn't tire much at all, though without a watch/Garmin, I don't have an idea of my splits. My hamstrings were a little tighter at the end, but less than often on a shorter long run.
And that wasn't down to a clever fuelling strategy - I ran it off half a bottle of Lucozade and a cappuchino before leaving the house. Nothing en route. But then it was freekin chilly, so I wasn't losing much fluid as sweat.
What I've learnt fromm last two Sunday runs is that I have not lost my endurance through the shorter stuff I've been focussing on in training these last six months. A bit surprising. But pleasing. I'm not sure what it means for my marathon training through. There's no changing the fact that running fast and hard regularly is the key.
After yesterday's race, I wanted to run long but not too fast for my Sunday run - to get my legs used to running low on fuel but without risking injury by pushing too hard the day after a race. As it turned out, I was really full of running. I've had this a few times after hard races (including a pretty solid 25 miler the day after last year's Southern Champs).
I bounded along the whole way without really knowing it. I ran without a watch, so it was only when I passed Big Ben and again when I got home that I realised that I was going as fast as I was (I averaged a bit under 6.10 pace).
The route was along the canal to Limehouse, then the London Marathon route from Narrow Street, around the Isle of Dogs and all the way back to the finish line (including the Blackfriars Tunnel - it was early on a Sunday so not too hairy and I've only ever been there on race day so I thought it'd be good to see) and then back home through Green Park, Hyde Park and Regent's Park.
I didn't tire much at all, though without a watch/Garmin, I don't have an idea of my splits. My hamstrings were a little tighter at the end, but less than often on a shorter long run.
And that wasn't down to a clever fuelling strategy - I ran it off half a bottle of Lucozade and a cappuchino before leaving the house. Nothing en route. But then it was freekin chilly, so I wasn't losing much fluid as sweat.
What I've learnt fromm last two Sunday runs is that I have not lost my endurance through the shorter stuff I've been focussing on in training these last six months. A bit surprising. But pleasing. I'm not sure what it means for my marathon training through. There's no changing the fact that running fast and hard regularly is the key.
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