Tuesday 12 December 2006

Marathon Training - Day Three

12 Dec 2006
Ran with AV at the Oval. Much better, because the pacing was better. Ran much slower - maybe aound the 8 km/h mark rather than the 12 km/h mark that I did on Day One.

AV had already begun when I was stretching, so did 1.5 rounds of the Oval with him at the slower pace, before he stopped . Then felt like pushing myself and did another round slightly quicker - closer to Day One pace, though not quite there.

Concern - Inside of left thigh was really aching during the walk to the Oval and stretching. Right knee gave a bit of trouble while running initially and inside of left ankle coming upwards towards the shin was also giving me grief. Everything stopped once I started striding. Probably too much weight landing on the legs too hard.

Track is harder than the Race Course, but still softer than gravel. AV and I are planning to do one session on Marine Drive before the week is out.

Only really ran out of breath on the last round of striding and had to push hard to finish the round.

No idea how long the Oval track is. I would estimate at least 1.5 km.

Also did floor exercises.

3 comments:

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Anonymous said...

by the way! good job on the marathon!...its admirable im too lazy to run!

Johnny said...

heya, as far as i remember its between 1.5 and 2 kms...2.5 rounds on the third day is quite good, u need to ensure that your doing some weight training and not just working on the stamina...will help a lot...so when u off to delhi? will see you in the matter 10-12 days...hope u have fun in delhi.
take care buddy,
see you soon