12 Weeks to Stockholm

Monday 19.03.07
am - Physio
pm - easy recovery run 11.5k 48mins from work to home via the Thames River, St James Park & Hyde Park. Condtions, cold near freezing & snowed!

Tuesday 20.03.07
am - Rest
pm - Speed session at St James Park 2x 4x2mins with 60sec jog recovery between reps & 6mins float between sets. Covering approx 650m per rep. 20min WU & WD to park. Conditions freezing -1deg.

Wednesday 21.03.07
am -
pm - Steady run 13k 53mins from work to home via the Thames River, St James Park & Hyde Park. Condtions, cold 6deg!

Thursday 22.03.07
am -
pm - easy run 11k 48mins Hyde Park. Condtions, cold 4deg!

Friday 23.03.07
am - physio
pm - rest

Racing the Reading Half Marathon & hoping to run 75mins, sitting on 5:43min miles. With 11weeks to go before Stockhom, it will be a good indication as to where I am at. Saturday will be an easy run with a few strides.

Saturday 24.03.07
am - 11k 45mins. Hyde Park. Felt really comfortable & legs felt good. Threw in a few 60m strides during run. Confident about tomorrow's race. The plan is still to target the 75min barrier, going through halfway in 37mins. Start will be manic with 17,000 runners, but will hopefully fall into a comfortable pace 2miles into run. Watch this space for result!
pm - rest

Sunday 25.03.07
am - Asics Reading Half Marathon, finished in a time of 73min14sec. Mile splits = 5:27/5:31/5:44/5:08/5:36/5:40/5:37/5:43/5:33/5:41/5:35/5:51/5:23/0:39. A great course with a few inclines, very cold at start (glooved up whole race) but warmed up slightly towards end of race, overcast& quite windy too.

I had a fantastic run, legs felt good & didn't fatigue at all, there was alot more left in them. Disappointed though as I carried a stich from end of 4th mile through to mile 12 - my breathing was really restricted. We often say what could have happened if? but had I not stiched up I could have been on for a PB, as I only finished 26sec outside my PB.

pm - rest