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Zombies Run 21
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rmc28Second zombie run of the week, another sunny day but a bit windier than Wednesday. Totally seeing what liv meant about cliffhangers! 2 episodes to go. And then, I could go straight into series 2, but I'm considering getting the zombie couch-to-5k app first.
I've been spending time noodling over a training spreadsheet and thinking about routines and habits, and decided two things:
1. I want to run three lunchtimes a week now that I'm full time (up from two)
2. I like running long distance, but at my pace, half-marathon training runs can take 3+ hours and more than that is too much time out of a weekend.
So I'm aiming for a "steady state" of 3x 30 min runs, plus 1 long weekend run which will cycle through 5k, 10k & 20k. Every other 5k run will be a "magic mile" run so that every 6 weeks I get to update my long slow training pace and hopefully see that start to speed up. My weekend runs will be taking up ~1, 2, or 3 hours, less as I get faster, so I'll be balancing the fun-to-me of long runs with not eating all my weekend time (and seriously testing the patience of my family). This also has the advantage that if I want to do more half-marathons, I will basically already be in condition to run them.
I'm still having trouble with the GPS registering my position until some way into the run, and it's the sort of problem I don't realise until I get back, which is annoying. I was going to try one of the zombie "Race Missions" this weekend - I need to do a 5k run, and there's a 5k race in what I've already bought - but that's only going to work if the GPS behaves itself.
liv meant about cliffhangers! 2 episodes to go. And then, I could go straight into series 2, but I'm considering getting the zombie couch-to-5k app first.I've been spending time noodling over a training spreadsheet and thinking about routines and habits, and decided two things:
1. I want to run three lunchtimes a week now that I'm full time (up from two)
2. I like running long distance, but at my pace, half-marathon training runs can take 3+ hours and more than that is too much time out of a weekend.
So I'm aiming for a "steady state" of 3x 30 min runs, plus 1 long weekend run which will cycle through 5k, 10k & 20k. Every other 5k run will be a "magic mile" run so that every 6 weeks I get to update my long slow training pace and hopefully see that start to speed up. My weekend runs will be taking up ~1, 2, or 3 hours, less as I get faster, so I'll be balancing the fun-to-me of long runs with not eating all my weekend time (and seriously testing the patience of my family). This also has the advantage that if I want to do more half-marathons, I will basically already be in condition to run them.
I'm still having trouble with the GPS registering my position until some way into the run, and it's the sort of problem I don't realise until I get back, which is annoying. I was going to try one of the zombie "Race Missions" this weekend - I need to do a 5k run, and there's a 5k race in what I've already bought - but that's only going to work if the GPS behaves itself.
