Tom Roper's Running Training

Stanmer Park

Damp and misty, and time and distance are approximations as the Forerunner didn't get going straight away.
Time: 25:00
Distance: 3
Pace: 9.33 (best 7.51)
Average heart rate: 142

Frog Firle

I ran in damp and muddy conditions to Frog Firle and back along the Alfriston road.

Time: 49:05
Distance: 5.17
Pace: 9.30 (best 7.26)
Average heart rate: 146

Evening run to the sea

Tonight I had an evening run in daylight to the sea for the first time this year, thanks to British Summer Time.
Time: 44.48
Distance: 5.01
Pace: 8.37 (best 7.06)
Average heart rate: 148

Barrington

Up in Cambridge, I took a Sunday morning run at an early hour, the clocks having gone forward, to Barrington hill and the cement works. Sunny and bright, hard work at times.
Time: 2:01:36
Distance: 12.31
Pace: 9.53 (best 6.55)
Average heart rate: 144
Nature notes: I saw a pair of hares playing in a field.

Total this week: 30.58
Five weeks till the Three Forts Marathon.

Stanmer Park

A much warmer day. I only put the Forerunner on at the halfway point, so these readings are mostly partial
Time: 12:58 ie 26

Distance: 1.36 ie 2.72
Pace: 9.31 (best 7.29)
Average heart rate: 138

Firle Beacon and Blackcap Farm

I felt better: some coughing still but I managed this run on a a glorious day.
Time: 1:41:15
Distance: 10.52
Pace: 9.38 (best 7.34)
Average heart rate: 149

Splash Point

Last week was a very bad week. Thanks to a chest infection I managed only one run, making a weekly total of 4.49 miles. This week will be better, starting today with a morning run to the sea

Time: 44:06
Distance: 5.03
Pace: 8.46 (best 6.53)
Average heart rate: 148

Six weeks till the Three Forts Marathon.

First post-Hastings run

I left it rather a long time to have my first post-Hasting run, as I've had a chest infection, thought the worst is now over. It was good to have the chance to run with former work collgeus in the woods above Stanmer Park.
Time: 48:02

Distance: 4.49
Pace: 10.42 (best 6.33)
Average heart rate: 142

Hasting Half Marathon

It started very cold but the sun began to shine at 1030. It was a good run, though my memory of the course from the previous year was selective: I had forgotten how long some parts seem. Brendan McDonagh of the RCVS Library and Information Service finished in 1:50, running to raise money for the RCVS Trust.
Unofficial time: 1:42:40 (if correct a personal best)
Distance: 13.21
Pace: 7.47 (best 5.32)
Seven weeks to go till the Three Forts Marathon.

Update: first set of provisional results now up: http://www.hastings-half.co.uk/2006/2006.html, giving me a time of 1:43:00
Second update: now the chip times are up too, giving me 1:42:23 and an age-related performance rating of 64.51%

Stanmer Park pre-Hastings

For my last run before Hastings I had the pleasure of the company of my former work colleagues, who kindly allow me to run with them.
I didn't set the Forerunner properly, so it was around 45 minutes and covered a route we know to be 4.5 miles, but that's all the data I have.
Brendan McDonagh is running to raise funds for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Trust. I've sponsored him to the tune of £10, with a promise that if he beats my time I'll double it. He has a fundraising page here for online donations.