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Post Mortem GORM 2012

Posted by Caterpillar , 01 June 2012 -

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TRAINING
This was the third time I followed the Pfitzinger 88-113km/wk training program with a few tweaks. Given there were 27 weeks to train post recovery from MM2011, I repeated Mesocycle 3 a few times, incorporating tougher interval sessions of 4x1600m , and a short 6km recovery run on Mondays. Training was going great through January and February. I...

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Runner......know thyself

Posted by Caterpillar , 09 April 2012 -

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Here's the low down on the past 2 months.

After recovering from my blood bank donation in early January, and enduring the January heat, did some great running in a cooler February. Ran daily for an average mileage of 16.3km/day and an average speed of 12.6km/hr. Very happy with the inspire 7s, and I can't thank WetWeek enough on recommending them....

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Grinding Away

Posted by Caterpillar , 22 January 2012 -

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Some serious training happening, having done 438km for December and heading for similar mileage for January. Gave blood earlier this month, which usually slows me down for a few weeks, but I think I've recovered from that now. Up to 20+ donations. You get treated very nicely by staff at the blood bank. :Smug:

Very happy with my overall mean training...

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Back On The Wagon

Posted by Caterpillar , 28 November 2011 -

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have completed my first 30km long run since the Melbourne Marathon, 7 weeks ago, and 6 months to go until the Williamstown Marathon.

Have recently re-calculated my minimum and maximum HR for the Pfitzinger training zones, and uploaded them to my garmin. My actual max HR is a few beats higher than that predicted from my age, so my new training zones have...

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Post Mortem Melbourne Marathon 2011

Posted by Caterpillar , 16 October 2011 -

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Short version:

finished with a net time of 3:10:12. An official boston qualifier for 2013. Best time since my 20s. :yahoo:

Long version:

Bad night's sleep before race morning. Got to sleep okay, but woke within 4 hours. Decided to have my prerace meal then instead of a few hours before the race, which entailed sugared hot drinks and pancakes....

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Taperitis

Posted by Caterpillar , 04 October 2011 -

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Have been amiss in not posting during the pointy end of the current training cycle, and race day is only a few sleeps away :huh:

. Time has flown quickly since I last said "14 weeks until race day". So here's a summary.

Uneventful recovery after Willy and got back into the Pftizinger training cycle. All started well. However scraped the skin...

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New Nose For The Grindstone

Posted by Caterpillar , 26 July 2011 -

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Well and truly back into a new training cycle, with my eyes set on the Melbourne Marathon on October 9th. Took a good 5-6 weeks to recover, and was able to transition into week 4 of the first mesocycle of the 88-113km/wk Pfitzinger program. Currently on week 2 of the second mesocycle.

Given the current training program is the same as last time, aside from...

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Race Report Sri Chinmoy Williamstown Marathon

Posted by Caterpillar , 04 June 2011 -

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The day before the marathon has become a bit of a ritual, with solace in its familiarity, having done 5 marathons in the past 2 years.

The morning starts with a short slow jog of no more than 5km, and a continuation of the carb loading which began the day before, kicking off with a low fibre sugary breakfast cereal, orange juice, and grazing through lunch...

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8 Days To Willy Marathon With A Waikiki Detour

Posted by Caterpillar , 21 May 2011 -

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About to enter the final week of my 3 week tapering cycle of the Pfitzinger program, which was punctuated by 6 days in honolulu. My plan was to continue with the program, expecting it to be fairly easy given the reduction in volume. However I underestimated the effect of heat and direct sunlight has on me during training. I rarely train when its sunny;...

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Reflections On 5 Weeks To Willy Marathon

Posted by Caterpillar , 23 April 2011 -

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5 weeks to go to the Sri Chinmoy Williamstown Marathon, and into the business end of the 3rd mesocycle of the Pfitzinger 18week 87-113km/wk program.

1. Seriously struggled with the back to back hard days entailing a 10km race followed by a 30km long run, which felt like the last quarter of a marathon. Doing the race in the DS Racers probably didn't...

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Run The Rock Report

Posted by Caterpillar , 09 April 2011 -

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Did the Run the Rock 10km at Hanging rock this morning, which was my very first 10km race. Warm morning, great venue, challenging course, entailing a combination of grass, road, and trail including a lap around hanging rock. Ran in my DS Racers. Undulating in parts, most prominent on the trail section. I wasn't sure what pace to head out, and reading...

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10 Weeks To Go....

Posted by Caterpillar , 19 March 2011 -

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into the business end of the second mesocycle, with a quicker long run tomorrow, followed by a recovery week. Problems with aches, tenderness, and tightness with calves, anterior tibials, and hamstrings a few weeks ago improved a little after swapping over to a new pair of runners. The middle of my right hammy has been tight for a while, and am long...

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Mesocycle 2

Posted by Caterpillar , 17 February 2011 -

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2 weeks into the second mesocycle. Still well ahead of schedule, so added a few weeks to the first mesocycle and will do the same for the current mesocycle. Long runs are considerably and consistenly quicker now. I never appreciated the importance of relative 'rest' days until I started following this program.

Took 20 minutes off my previous best...

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Warrnambool Marathon 1994

Posted by Caterpillar , 21 January 2010 -

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This was my very first marathon, at the tender age of 27. In 1992 had managed to lose the weight I accrued through my university years, going from 74kg to around 60kg, and running around 5km per day. Spent a year in gorgeous Warrnambool in 1993 and thought I'd train for the marathon, which was a goal I had since my late teens. Running 10km, twice per...

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