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Jun 2024
8:48am, 15 Jun 2024
2,265 posts
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Mark J 🇳🇿
Longest run so far of this threshold training block. Tweaked the distance upward, too to accomodate race plans. Three weeks to an unscheduled half marathon and feeling quietly confident. Half way in to the plan and Iʻve seen a significant spike in the VO2 max and Iʻm definitely running my easy pace faster now. Could be the placebo effects but the HR is confirming what Iʻm feeling in each session, so thereʻs a genuine, trackable improvement there. Iʻm just hoping that chucking in the half marathon doesnʻt have too an adverse effect on the over threshold plan and my target 5k at the end of it all. As long as Iʻm honestly listening to my body, Iʻm thinking I should be OK.
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Jun 2024
9:18am, 15 Jun 2024
3,784 posts
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Bowman 🇸🇪
I definitely don’t think it’s placebo at all.
And the HM will be fine, just a good hard effort that won’t strain you to much.
Nice to see your progress!
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Jun 2024
11:39am, 22 Jun 2024
2,273 posts
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Mark J 🇳🇿
Been a quiet week this one. Lower mileage on the plan and a cold have contributed but that's not always a bad thing. It'll still have been for sessions by the time the week is out, but nothing overly taxing.
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Jun 2024
3:33am, 25 Jun 2024
2,279 posts
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Mark J 🇳🇿
Back in to it this week - 10 x 200m Strides
Almost back to normal today with my man cold just about over and done. A pretty good strides session, with the last three stride reps pushing my limit nicely. The weather has cleared too, reaching a respectable 15 degrees, not bad for mid winter. Made for a productive and pleasant session, much needed after last week's bit of a meh! week.
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Jun 2024
6:42am, 25 Jun 2024
3,817 posts
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Bowman 🇸🇪
Nice job. I have to keep doing those strides, they clearly work really well in the long run. No pun intended, well maybe a bit 
My goal this summer, strides and or hill sprints, at least once a week.
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Jun 2024
12:46am, 26 Jun 2024
2,281 posts
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Mark J 🇳🇿
Today's Track Threshold Session.
1.6k threshold, recover, 1.2k threshold, recover, 0.8k threshold, recover, 0.4k Anaerobic, recover, 1.6k threshold, recover.
A decent workout session at the track this morning, straight after a good dry needling at the physio. Hit or exceeded all my targets. Feeling stronger today.
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Jun 2024
12:16am, 30 Jun 2024
2,289 posts
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Mark J 🇳🇿
Second track session of the week.
10k VO2 Track Session
8 x 400m Threshold
A cold one this morning. A mere 6 degrees at the track. The aim of today's track session was to hit 8 x 400m a smidge above threshold pace. I found it quite hard today, I think its been a fairly big week for HIT training. But I still pretty much got it down and the final 400m rep I tried to break my 400m PB just ton see if I could and I did, just, by 1 second. Not bad for an old man and at the end of a session, too.
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Jun 2024
5:58am, 30 Jun 2024
3,542 posts
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riggys99
Some good sessions there sounds like your back on it.
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Jul 2024
9:42am, 2 Jul 2024
2,295 posts
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Mark J 🇳🇿
Another hard threshold session tonight. 15k Threshold, 10 x 800m. Must be getting to the sharp end of this plan now. Only a couple of weeks to go.
Last hard session before this weekend's Monaco race. That was a toughie and I was certainly feeling it for the last two 800m reps. Both were slightly light on target pace in the end but overall a reasonable session.
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Jul 2024
9:14pm, 6 Jul 2024
2,325 posts
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Mark J 🇳🇿
Heading in to the last week of the plan and feeling positive about the benifits so far. Very much looking guests to seeing where I end up.
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