May 16, 2011 Monday 96 days to go
Today was 15 minutes easy - I did 17 minutes. Have been working on cadence - upped my cadence to 85 steps per minute. Apparently 90 steps is ideal. I found that 85 wore me out. I can't figure out how to do an easy run with 85 steps per minute. I was at 83 last week and got used to it so maybe I will back down to 84 for tomorrow.
Still working on form. Keeping a mid-foot strike with relaxed forward lean is a challenge for me. I tense up and it all falls apart. Guess that is why one practices.
Have been reading about Galloway's method of running for marathons. He recommends walking breaks. If I aim for a 4:59:00 marathon I will be running about 2:15 minutes and walking 1 minute. Will have to read more about this.
May 15, 2011 Sunday.
Was at Mother-Daughter Camp at Camp Homewood so did my long run on Quadra Island. Forgot how hilly it is.Misjudged my out and back timing so only got 55 minutes of actual running in - not the 80 I had planned.
May 14, 2011 Saturday Quadra Island
Easy run 15 minutes. It was more like a fast walk than run and a little longer than 15 minutes.
May 13, 2011 Friday
5 minutes easy, 20 minutes approx 6:40/km, 5 minutes easy
Ran from ferry to Tyee spit and back. Overload on 4:30 ferry so it was a perfect opportunity to fit run in.
May 12, 2011 Thursday.
Decided to consider Wednesday's miss a real miss instead of trying to play catchup. Dave used to talk about a workout missed being a miss.So - did my Thursday easy 15 but I thought it was easy 20 so actually did easy 19.5 minutes.
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