26 week training block started saturday. Did 8km threshold on saturday, followed by 16 km on sunday. My aerobic fitness is in a pretty good place, but bloody hell did I forget what hard running feels like. šŸ˜…

    303abuser Good luck mate, keep at it. Yeah youā€™ve got to be up for a running sesh, especially if the weather is crap.

    Did a 50k the other weekend, managed to get round in 4h30, about 20 mins slower than last year but I havenā€™t done many long runs this year, still not a bad pace. 11k off road race yesterday, balls out, they hurt way way more!

        Hursty Thanks, Iā€™m actually looking forward to the structure and pushing myself again. Iā€™ve just finished 12 weeks of upper zone 2 base work, so threshold feels very different. Did both sessions on trails with fresh snow at -10/-15 degrees. The weather has been horrific this month, hoping it warms up soon.

        Thatā€™s a good 50k time, especially under-trained. Iā€™m hoping for 6 hours in September, thatā€™s with about 1100 meters of ascent. Iā€™ve got a 5 hour stretch goal in the back of my head, but Iā€™m not going to worry about that until I get into July or so.

        Iā€™ve got a similar length (13 km I think) trail race in early may, hence putting some speed work back in now. Those distances are a lot of fun, but yeah, they hurt.

            303abuser Similar climb to the one I did, over that distance its quite spread out. 6 hours is a good time as well, perfect ultra pace if you fancy going longer.

            Time on feet is so key, speed/distance not so much, building muscle memory for the strains of long periods outside without rest. Sounds like you have a solid plan, building up slowly and adding intensity and volume as you go

                Hursty Did a 50k the other weekend, managed to get round in 4h30

                Strong work šŸ’Ŗ

                You should take ā€˜Eddieā€™ out with you!

                  Hursty Iā€™m following the higdon 50k plan. The volume should be manageable, building up to 80k/week, long runs of 42k/5 hours. The challenge and the reason I chose this plan is the saturday threshold, sunday tired long run each week. Thatā€™s new for me and Iā€™m really glad I did the base training to prepare. Throw in an active job walking another 15-20k/week and time on feet should be good.

                    I donā€™t run on the weekends on the basis Iā€™m absolutely smashing it in nightclubs.

                    Cheers!

                      Alistair asking the big questions having spent his Saturday night eating a Chinese take-away and watching Strictly.

                      You couldnā€™t make it up.

                        Lozza G was doing a 4-9pm set yesterday in a pub in Kings Heath near me but couldnā€™t go alas, much more civilised time though.

                        16 days later

                        Just found out the company will reimburse $1000 worth of baddy and TT classes in financial year 2022-2023. Nice touch.

                          18 days later

                          Running back to back threshold/long runs every weekend can suck my dick. Nothing to add, just a short, very tired rant.