Get out and walk
Run less, run faster
My good friend Peter has become a bit of a devotee of the “Run less, run faster” method of marathon training ever since I loaned him the book “Runner’s World Run Less, Run Faster: Become a Faster, Stronger Runner with the Revolutionary FIRST Training Program”.
It has certainly worked for him as he smashed all his PBs this year.
He’s cobbled together a spreadsheet that does most of the heavy lifting in terms of working out the timings that one needs to do. I’d strongly recommend heading over to his blog and having a look.
It’s currently metric but if you ask him nicely I’m very sure he’d modify it to include imperial units.
A view from the sidelines
One big advantage of being injured and having to take a bit of time off from running has been that I’ve been able to support my wife’s running a bit more.
Last week she did the ADRA half marathon. Originally we were both going to do it but I wasn’t running anymore so she had to do it by herself. This worked out really nicely in a way in that I could take our daughter along to cheer for her. And boy did we cheer. We drove our to a few spots around the course and cheered her on. I’m pleased to report that it seemed to help as she smashed her half marathon PR by about 5 minutes. Worryingly, the first words out of her mouth at the finish line were “Damn, I didn’t quite beat your PR!” I think I’m going to have to do a bit of speed work!
Today she did the Women’s Sculpt 6K (should be called the Sculpt 6.5K!) and we were onsite to cheer again. She was doing it with a friend from my daughter’s daycare and I got volunteered to look after the kids:
They were real little angels and had a great time.
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