3 Marathon’s… 3 cases of “thing’s didn’t goto plan”… this year was to be different. Hopefully. The bulk of the training plan for this years Virgin Money London Marathon was to be an 11 week athlete study into running economy at the English Institute of Sport which would provide two quality runs a week working…
The ever reliable Simkiss was the only Elite Project member available worthy of taking part in the National 12 Stage Road Relays. Although despite being MCKEP ‘Top Dog’ at the Midlands, Simkiss was ousted from Leg 1of the Kenilworth team in favour of young gun P-roddle-doddle… The never ageing Paddy Roddy has come into some…
After 4 weeks of banging out the treadmill sessions sessions in Loughborough – it was time to re-assess the MCKEP lactate profiles in order to see: If these sessions were actually achieving anything If the lactate turn-point pace (i.e. the pace which dictates the session training speeds) needed to be modified for the second 4 weeks of the…