Sunday, March 18, 2012

American vacation

Reduced mileage this fortnight thanks to a flying visit to the US for my brother's 40th and a once-in-a-lifetime wine tasting. Only managed 4x1-12k treadmill runs in my 8days away.

Week 1
Mon am 12.25k @ 4:40 recovery
Mon pm 6.6k@4:51 treadmill recovery
Tues am 16.16k including Mona 5.3k in 20 min, overall @4:23

Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sunday - treadmill runs mainly at easy pace with a bit of MP thrown in

Week 2
Wed pm 18.57k@4:34 - jetlagged recovery medium long run
Thurs am 11.26k@4:35 recovery
Fri am 12.16@4:27 - last 3k MP
Sat am 14.17k@4:26 including 10x100m strides
Sun am 30k with last 10k@ MP (4:00) riverside run with Clown - struggled to hold form in last 3k of the MP section

I know it's only mental, but i feel i've lost some momentum with the trip - need to get back to the plan this coming week

Bought 4 pairs of shoes in the US - 2x Kinvara2, 1x Mizuno Elixir, and a pain of Brooks Pure Flow. The Brooks Pure series is their Kinvara equivalent with very little heel-toe drop but still more cushioning than a true minimalist shoe. I quite like the stability but there is too much of a 'platform' feel to the shoe and a loss of feedback from the ground to foot - Kinvara are far superior for me and I'll keep these for easy and recovery days.


2 comments:

Biscuitman said...

Left some comments on the google docs spreadsheet

trailblazer777 said...

Good to see brother! I hope to go visit my brother in USA again some day too. Some good sessions there, especially the 30k wih Clown. Sounds like the momentum is being maintained very well, plenty of time for fine-tuning. Looks like you kept the disruption to the training momentum to a minimum. Wish I could do that a whole lot better. nice move to pick up the shoes over there. I'm making a few big moves to get my shoes sorted out for the the next 12 months. Im going with Xodus for Trail running, staying with Lunarracers for racing, and am thinking about maybe Swifts as the workhorse for intervals on road, and long runs on road. Ive also got some Minimus for trackwork or easy trails...
http://trailblazer777.net/perthmara2004onwards.htmlAll the best with keeping the 2012 momentum ticking over.