Web UX, running, cycling and other stuff by James Wanless
I’ll admit that I’m really qualifying the title of this, specific to business critical applications, regardless of what sector that business is in. We now seem to be in pre-bubble-burst 2.0, big-time. How long before the social web balloon pops in favour of more realistic and sobering economics? The social part is clearly here to [...]
Maybe this past week should have been ‘Recovery Week, part 2′ since I upped my mid-week mileage but reduced my long run. All in all, it’s working well so I won’t fret and I was back up to virtually 30 miles. This was the beginning of phase 2, which sees speedwork and power become a little more important week-by-week over the next 4-6 weeks …
Under normal circumstances I might not have used this week as a recovery. And, I guess it’s hard to call a week where you still increase your long run a recovery week, however, I reduced the mid-week runs to two with a total of a little under twelve miles. It turned out to be a pretty good decisions as my first run of 16 miles felt pretty good …
I tried a slightly different strategy this week and did only three runs – 2 eight milers and then my longer 14 on Sunday. While I’m not trying to lose weight per se, I think it would be great if I could drop 10-15 pounds over my training, as it would make the race that much easier and faster. I’m also going to start including a brief note on my weights and cycle-commuting to give a solid weekly summary …
This week was probably not as bad as last, weather-wise. However, I’m making sure I ease into higher mileage a little more slowly than I had planned, so my mileage is only a tiny bit longer than last week. I’m paranoid of fragile abs and groin muscles, so I make no apologies for changing my strategy. Still seeking a little more pace consistency and will pop 30 miles next week …