…of inspiration that is, I am getting into a heavier training period now as it is time to lay the foundations for a good HM in September. Add to that the extra early starts twice a week for the part time work, the run leading on Wednesday evenings and of course, the full time job and I just don’t have the time to get angry enough about anything for a good rant, not when I am ready for bed by 9pm.
So I am afraid it mostly going to be all about the running around here for a while, unless of course I get bored in a teleconference at work 
All the hard work and early nights will be worth it when I have smashed a few more PBs this year 
Training Plan
I ran my plan for the coming months past Tim last week and I was pretty much on track. I just needed to be reminded to factor in an easy week every 4 weeks or so and I was also given some guidance on how to structure my long runs. Every couple of weeks I am to knock out the last 20 minutes of a long run at HM pace and also to try a couple of long runs at 5 minute Km pace (may need to co-opt in some company from one of the faster guys for these).
It was agreed that 85km a week is the maximum I should be aiming for and I am building towards this now, the last 2 weeks were 70km and I am aiming for around 74km this week. If I can get a comfortable base of between 75-85km a week AND avoid injury this will be a good jumping off point for marathon training down the track.
Today was an easy 8km recovery run, nothing special, in fact I was feeling a bit heavy in the legs so it really was just one of those functional runs that needed to be done. I swapped in a new pair of shoes today too, I am currently rotating 2 pairs of Brooks Trance (5 and 6) and both have close to 600km on them. They have about 300km each left so it was time for a 3rd pair, Mizuno Wave Alchemy, I have never worn these before and so far they feel pretty comfy.
Reno
Yeah JH, you got it, Stumping Yuck, a very boring thing to spend a stupid amount of money on but I can’t do the fun stuff until it is out of the way. It is the price you pay for having a weatherboard house I am afraid, on the other hand it is really quick and easy to cut a big hole in the side of your house to install new doors and windows.
Yeah - I did some re-stumping in an old brick house in Brunswick a few years ago (actually - I paid someone to do it!). V. painful. V. annoying.
About your training - 85km per week is pretty heavy training for a HM.
Comment by JH — May 27, 2008 @ 9:41 am
85km is the maximum, I plan to build up to that but also factor in recovery weeks. Weekly mileage will be between 65km and 85km a week, depending on where I am in the training cycle.
Don’t fret, it is all carefully planned and supervised, I won’t hurt myself
Comment by Em — May 27, 2008 @ 11:51 am