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Belfast Marathon Prep: Week 22 ✅

After 34km last weekend it was back to a long-ish easy run on Monday of 12km 🏃🏻‍♂️

Then came Thursday’s Tempo session which was a tough one with fatigue in the legs and 6 1/2 km at well above marathon pace, proved difficult 😅

Finally this morning we clocked the final run of over 30km of the block 💪🏻

Great to know that the majority of the leg work (literally) is behind me now as we begin to taper down 📉

3 weeks tomorrow 🏁🏃🏻‍♂️

Belfast Marathon Prep: Week 20 ✅
Dublin City Half Marathon ✅🏁

Another week of making running my whole personality 😂

Great week this week obviously culminating in the Dublin City Half Marathon today 💪🏻

Overall, very happy with the run out. Managed to run a pretty disciplined race and kept HR between 140-150bpm. Which in the grand scheme of things ie: Belfast Marathon and my training is great but leaves me wondering whether I could have pushed a little harder earlier 🤔

A world away from my one and only other race in 2023 where I scraped over the line with my HR around the 190s for the duration 😂

Delighted to get the race clocked today and even the race experience providing some great learnings 🧐

Great to, dare I say, ENJOY the run and be part of an excellent occasion and great event 🙌🏻

However, as could easily have been lost sight of today, we have merely tasted the starter with the main course really drifting into view now in 6 weeks 👀

Belfast Marathon Prep: Week 18 ✅

Just over the half marathon at progressive pace on Saturday preceded by a longer tempo run on Thursday. 2.5miles at 6minute mile pace was a significant challenge.

On Monday we’d also had just shy of 10km of an easy run so the miles were spread out more across the three runs.

One week closer and now only 6 weeks to Belfast. Less than a fortnight also to the Dublin City half.

Before that we’ve to hit the 30km mark next weekend so won’t get ahead of ourselves 👀🏁

Belfast Marathon Prep: Week 16 ✅

Deload week checked off. This week was needed after a tough building block in terms of intensity and distance 😅

I may have been a little selective on my adherence to the “conversational pace” suggestion as the week progressed but as they body recovered and the energy came back I saw it as opportunity to work on my tempo running and pacing over the 10km mark ⏱️

A good week overall which hopefully sets us up for getting back into the grind this coming week 🏃🏻‍♂️