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pifko in reply to @_Leon

Actually ill be doing 10 k on Guernsey easter runs. Google that it's a great weekend

Ah shame, I'm in Yorkshire for Easter.
Plenty of off-road around Malham for me though.

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Who would have thought 3 weeks is enough time for lots of fitness to disappear, and who would have thought that attempting 8x800m intervals at (last seen before Christmas) 5k pace was a good idea as a first run to get back into it. Managed 5 before the fuck-it valve blew.

Yasso 800's ? I've got them today - What times were you aiming for?

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Greenbank in reply to @pifko

Yasso 800's ? I've got them today - What times were you aiming for?

Wasn't setting out to do Yasso's but it's a happy coincidence. Wednesday is my speed work day and so (as suggested by PhilPub) I'm rotating through 800m, 1km and 1mile intervals and building up to 10x800m, 8x1km and 6x1mile (should hit that just before the Brighton Marathon taper begins) and then I'll carry it on for the 20 weeks after that to IM Wales, just to make that run hurt slightly less.

Current paces are 5:15/km for the 800m and 5:34/km for the 1km/1mile but this is still me with loads of extra weight (10kg to go), so that's a 4h20 marathon (I'm never going to be fast, I'm not a runner).

Hoping to get down to 4:30/km for the 800m intervals which fits with my plan for a sub-22 parkrun and a 3h45 marathon but 4h is looking more realistic. Depends on how committed/lazy I am in the next 12 weeks.

Today's 11.5km plod into work went well, so I'm a bit happier after yesterday's plug pulling after 5 of the 8 intervals. Should have applied the HTFU spray and just got on with it.

Enjoy your Yasso's. I find 800m much much nicer than the 1km and 1mile versions. Ugh, that's my next two weeks.

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