Hi everyone,
I hear you all rocked the 80 minute run last week. I was so sorry to miss it!
We are doing 90 minutes this week, running down through Sloane Square, along the Thames, past Big Ben and on to Green Park.
Starting this weekend, you should increase your running time so you are running 45 minutes on the weekend and 60 minutes on Tuesdays. Next week is a break week so you will run 60 minutes both on Tuesday and Thursday. When we are increasing mileage, our bodies need occasional breaks so they can rest and allow the muscles to heal to be stronger. Next week, and the week of ASL’s break, are those rests.
Our remaining schedule:
Week 23 – 60 min = TBD
Week 24 – 100 min = Big Ben and back (note – this is parent-teacher conf at ASL)
Week 25 – 110 min = Wembley
Week 26 – February break – 60 min run
Week 27 – 120 min = Canary Wharf (with margaritas and breakfast burritos!)
Week 28 – 130 min = Kew Gardens
Week 24 – 100 min = Big Ben and back (note – this is parent-teacher conf at ASL)
Week 25 – 110 min = Wembley
Week 26 – February break – 60 min run
Week 27 – 120 min = Canary Wharf (with margaritas and breakfast burritos!)
Week 28 – 130 min = Kew Gardens
Week 29 – 45 min = easy run through Regents Park
RACE DAY!
New Shoes?
If you are feeling like your shoes are getting old, NOW is the time to replace them. You want to be able to fully break them in before the race. Don’t feel that you have to get new shoes – if you are feeling good in yours, it’s fine. You just don’t want to get new ones a week or two before the race. When I get new shoes, I generally run a shorter run in them first just to make sure they don’t give me any problems. I’ve definitely had shoes in the past that throw me off a little and cause some niggles. They always break in, but it takes time and you want to make sure they are fully broken in by the race.
If you are feeling like your shoes are getting old, NOW is the time to replace them. You want to be able to fully break them in before the race. Don’t feel that you have to get new shoes – if you are feeling good in yours, it’s fine. You just don’t want to get new ones a week or two before the race. When I get new shoes, I generally run a shorter run in them first just to make sure they don’t give me any problems. I’ve definitely had shoes in the past that throw me off a little and cause some niggles. They always break in, but it takes time and you want to make sure they are fully broken in by the race.
Route this week:
We start out by running to Hyde Park, taking the usual route: west on Circus Road, left on Grove End, all the way down to Seymour Place where the road ends. Right on Seymour, across Edgware, left on Stanhope and enter the park. At the silver orb, turn left and run down to the southern edge, following the path to the right before it leaves the Park. Run to big gated exit before the tall ‘One Hyde Park’ complex, cross over Knightsbridge at William Street, quick right on Knightsbridge then a left onto Sloane Street continue past Sloane Square down Lower Sloane St/Chelsea Bridge Road to the Thames. Turn left on the Thames side of Grosvenor Rd and run along the Embankment to Westminster and continue left on Birdcage Walk, cutting through St James Park to the Mall, then left on the Mall towards Buckingham Palace, crossing before the circle to reach Green Park. Run up to the Green Park Tube on Piccadilly St and take the tube home!
