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Brief Review of January

  • Distance - 68.68m
  • Races - 1
  • PB - 1
  • Car crash - 1!
  • Days running - 16
  • 1 week @ zero miles
  • Average pace normal running 12:14
  • Average pace racing 12:31
  • Average pace intervals 11:50
  • Average pace long run 13:04
  • Average weekly run 15.8
  • Longest week in 2006 (week starts on a Sunday) - 19m

Don't you just love Fetch/David Hays!
Weight down 2.5lb (was 3.5 but gained this week doing sofa work!)

Best month in 2005 was Jan too but at 58.51m I've smashed that even with 1wk off!

Febuary targets:
  • Distance - 80m
  • No races so no PB.
  • Weight down 4lb
  • Average normal pace to be 12mm
  • Long run average pace nearer 12:30

Next racing goal is Reading where I hope to get sub 2:30 if possible!

Roll on Febuary!

Update

Car has been written off - something to do with faulty air bag sensor me finks as it was reapirable before I asked why they didn't go off. Also it seems we were not the 1st registered owners like we thought so a cheque will be the order of the day rather than a new car.

All this means the Ka needs to be back tomorrow so getting to camp will probably be a lift job (thanks Beanz!)

Comments

fraggle said…
Good idea to review the month that like that Pix - I may just nick that idea myself :o)

Good and achievable targets for Feb - go get 'em :o)
9:55 AM, February 01, 2006
Dave said…
me too :-)

It shows that everything si going in the right direction - and just image how it would have read without the accident.

keep at it.
10:46 AM, February 01, 2006
XFR Bear said…
Yeah - me too!

Why's your average racing speed slower than your average running speed??
1:01 PM, February 01, 2006
beanz said…
xfrb - I htought that too - I reckon 'cos she does lots of short quick runs in training but the race is a half

pix we need to make contact over next Friday
2:33 PM, February 01, 2006
Evil Pixie said…
Beanz is right Bear - most runs are 4-5m and my race was 13m but it was still faster than my long run pace despite the fact that my long run had only been 10ish miles max, mostly 8-9m!!

Thanks Beanz!
2:44 PM, February 01, 2006
b-z said…
ah yes
review of ths month


perhaps i wont go there myself
good aims for feb Pix
6:41 PM, February 01, 2006
RobW said…
That's odd about the car. Perhaps the engineer looked at the report and decided that car couldn't be made safe again.

What are you thinking of getting as a replacement?

Nice round-up of the month shows your improvement.
7:09 PM, February 01, 2006
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