Thanks you sir
I have just about completed the training plan and will be sending it onto Mr F for his perusal. After yesterday's 24 mile run we can both see we are pretty well fit enough for the start of a good steady training schedule.
I am going to complete my schedule up to the end of this month to get Gatliff Marathon out of the way and then go straight into the GUCR. From what I have devised it will be a steady increase over the weeks with a 3 week consolidation and then a 1 week cycle down to step to the next cycle.
The general view is to concentrate on good solid back-to-backs. The difficulty is that there are not many [read as none] training plans for this distance unless I multiply a 100 mile plan by 1.45 which is a little preposterous but I have 5 races planned so far and it appears George has entered the Connemara Marathon (39.3 mile/63 km) in April which is very near my Crawley run
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Just knocked up a 145mile training schedule and below is how it compares to the 100mile (for my own interest 100mile schedule x 1.45 - as per Jerry's post) looks like fun. You will need to be getting a good discount at your local running shop as you will be going through trainers like there's no tomorrow. Mon - Fri is not too bad upto about week 11 when the Weds run starts to get quite long, but the Sat + Sun back to backs, well they are pretty big from the first week. For those of us with family commitments, it would be almost impossible to follow in my opinion, good job it's only for fun, your training plan will be much more scientific and realistic.
PB's
1mile: 5:36 - 20/06/2012 - Arethusa Mile (Bushy Park)
5K: 18:55 - 24/07/11 - Bushy Park
10K: 39:15 - 19/03/11 - 2nd 10k of below race
Half Mara: 1:26.50 - 19/03/11 - Dorney Lake 1:26.50)
Mara: 3:12.50 - 04/062012 - Kent Roadrunner
50k (Trail): 4:34.37 - 12/08/2012 - Salisbury 54321
50miles (Trail): 7:27.43 - 04/02/2012 - Thames Trot 50
100miles (Trail): 22:14.10 - 03/03/2012 - Thamespath 100 (102miles)
Hi David
I have a feeling we use the same interweb resources as this is almost exactly the same as mine although I have consolidated Wednesday's run into Tuesday as that is club night.
I am going to keep Thursday's 6 mile run to be 25 laps of the running track to allow me to do some speedwork and get my legs used to steady, unchanged cadence ready for Crawley 12 hours and the flattishness of the canal
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Good God no way am I going to multiply it by 1.45
posted: 7/11/2010 at 8:05 PM The difficulty is that there are not many [read as none] training plans for this distance unless I multiply a 100 mile plan by 1.45 which is a little preposterous
posted: 7/11/2010 at 8:05 PM
The difficulty is that there are not many [read as none] training plans for this distance unless I multiply a 100 mile plan by 1.45 which is a little preposterous
I am topping off at 75 mile weeks which is repeated 3 times in the last 4 weeks (before taper) the weekend being a 30/20 sandwich any more than that and I will be totally beaten up. I am know I am not "old" but I will be nearing 46 years old when I run this and I am beginning to note the injuries are beginning to hang around a little longer than they did in the past...yes I know the adages that there are people much older than me still running but we have to remember I have only been back on the circuit for just over 3 years
A marathon training plan might peak at 80 miles per week. A 145 mile race is 5.5 times further than a marathon, so your weekly mileage should peak at 440 as a minimum.
The above weeekly mileage seems about right, i would suggest rounding upto 500 just to be on the safe side
One pair of running shoes a week
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The most I got to this year was a new pair every 6 weeks - but I tend to put quite a lot of miles on each pair (mainly because I'm tight).
Nothing wrong with that approach. I wore my last offroad shoes for 800 miles :-)
Only just about to order a new pair of Asics DS Trainers for the road because I waited for the new model to come out
My Adrenaline 10's defo feel a bit more uncomfortable after 300miles, usually eek them out to about 4/420miles. Seem to remember the 8's lasting a bit longer, although the 10's are very light for a structured cushioning shoe (about 340grams in my size 11). Looking to get some new shoes presently myself, might go back to asics for a try of the GT2150 or Kayano 16 as these will be on offer now the new colours / models are about.
last year i failed to get in the GUCR. I didn't even make the waitlist but I did ask Dick to keep me in mind even if a place came up at the very last minute.
There are a lot of people who drop out of this run and indeed a couple of weeks before the race a place became available so don't give up if you are determined to run. Unfortunately i lost faith and had entered the Cotswold 100 instead by then!
the TR250 is the longest non-stop UK run by the way - and is an excellent run. as friendly as the GUCR and more canal for your money
I have the GT2150's and one the whole I get on with them but I have to say they feel lik like lumps of lead with my size 12 feet
Prices will be competitive now so get in there and grab them.
I don't run that much on pavement / roads etc but gradually moving down to slightly less cushioning (intend on racers next year for 1/2 marathon and below)
I saw the TR250 when I was at Ridgeway and the very thought of it just mindblowing but I think I will leave that for another lifetime after all it is only ~1000 laps of a running track!!!