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Week 6 – A close shave
Sunday – 20m w/4m @ MP A good solid session today, happy with the pace, felt strong and got some race pace miles done but it was overshadowed by a potential calf strain that surfaced during the last few miles. As I said last week, I wanted to introduce some marathon pace miles today and…
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Week 5 – Just another week
That’s week 5 wrapped up with a nice easy 10 miler this morning and looking back over the last few weeks training, I’m pleased with how well it’s gone to this point. I’m getting stronger every week, motivation is high, no injuries to report and I’m looking forward to the 1/2 marathon coming up in…
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Week 4 – One month down
That’s one month into the training and I’m pleased with how well I’ve adapted to the high milage, feeling good in general, always improving and no injuries so far…touch wood. I’m up to 70 miles now weekly and heading into a busy month. It’s 3 weeks to the Bohermeen 1/2marathon where I’ll really get an…
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Sweet Potato Shepherds Pie
This was a real classic! Inspired by my lunch in the Cotton Tree earlier this week, I decided to have a stab at a hearty homemade shepherds pie with the added twist of sweet potato and carrot mash as the topping. Very simple and easy to make and plenty to last a few days. Here’s…
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Week 3 – Feeling the wind in my sails
Well we started this week windy and finished windy, I really I hate wind. Another good week overall, after the first couple weeks of 60 miles and feeling comfortable, I upped it to clock 68 this week and feeling stronger every day – except for the days where I felt weaker. The plan seems to…