A faster half marathon – Last long run and more speed work
A faster half marathon – Speed repeats and sunrise runs
A faster half marathon – Back to training, resuming the Garmin Coach plan
A faster half marathon – More speed work and pausing the Coach plan
A faster half marathon – First speedwork and Friday Fun Run returns
A faster half marathon – Another time trial, PB and my first long run
A faster half marathon – Time trials and low heart rate running
A faster half marathon – Garmin Coach setup, benchmark and first runs
It’s time for my 10K race. My virtual 10K race of course. I signed up for my second virtual run after first doing a 5K virtual race earlier in April. My first experience with a virtual race was that it definitely pushed me harder as a normal training run would, but not as much as an actual …
Just two more weeks until the training plan ends and I’m running a virtual 10K race to beat my PR. I have messed up the training schedule a bit since Coach Greg actually thinks I’ve still got three weeks to go. So for next two weeks I have three easy runs, two versions of goal …
Training for a faster 10K – Tapering with easy runs and speed workouts Read More »
Race date is getting closer! Just a few more weeks to go and while I’ve taken a break from running for a little over a week to recover a bit from the strain in my neck. It’s definitely feeling a lot better now. I’ve signed up for a virtual 10K race and plan to run …
Training for a faster 10K – A lactate threshold test, speed work and more Read More »
The sixth week of my training for a faster 10K with Garmin Coach and the first week with my new running gear. As I mentioned during last week’s update, I got a few new toys to play around with and I’ll be taking them for their first run this week. The first of the new toys …
Training for a faster 10K – Lots of speedwork and running with new gear Read More »
Week 5 of my training towards a faster 10K includes a progression run, easy run and stride repeats. The confidence level of my Garmin Coach plan is still decreasing and has reached the orange level. I’m not sure why the confidence is so low, my time goal is a bit ambitious, but my half marathon …
Training for a faster 10K – Improving cadence and buying new gear Read More »
As for most of you, all my races in the near future have been cancelled. My original plan after my first half marathon in March was to run a 10K race at the end of May with the guidance of another Garmin Coach training plan. The goal, to beat the time I ran during the Genneper Parken Loop …
It’s week 4 of my training plan towards a faster 10K with Garmin Coach and it’s been an interesting week. Besides the workouts selected for me by my virtual Coach Greg, I will also be running my first virtual race. All races for the coming weeks have been cancelled and it’s unclear at the moment …
Training for a faster 10K – Garmin Coach, speed workouts and a virtual race Read More »
It’s the third week of my 10K training plan with Garmin Coach and it has four runs, two sunrises and lots of strength training! I managed to get a workout in everyday, which is definitely a first for me. It’s also the third week I’m working from home fulltime. It has it’s challenges and it …
Training for a faster 10K – Garmin Coach, sunrise runs and strength training Read More »
It’s the second week of my training towards a faster 10K with Garmin Coach. I did lots of speed work, a tiny bit of strength training, one easy run and I skipped a run. The social distancing is impacting my mood, some days in good ways and some days in bad ways. Strength training is …
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After finally running my first half marathon two weeks ago I had many plans to continue training and racing after that. I wanted to share those plans with you, but since all races in my area have been cancelled or postponed I’m not seeing much point in that. Instead, I present you: plan B! Plan B …
Training for a faster 10K – First week of training Read More »
