Holidays

I was off work for a week last week, sort of, and I did 51 miles.
I had hoped for 55, but by Saturday, having run six days straight, my legs were protesting loudly. I struggled out a six mile run, and I honestly believed that any more would result in injury.
Sunday I took as my rest day, and I really needed it. But 51 was a good result, and some really good sessions in there too. Particularly Friday's run.
Gary has provided a plan for the upcoming half marathon, and boy is it a tough one.
The 'long run' of the week was to be at 30 seconds slower than half marathon pace for 10 miles. Given that I am hoping to run around 6:30 pace, that meant 7:00 pace. In the end, I managed 1 mile warmup, and the full 10 at 6:55 average, but it was tough!
This week he has 12 at 20 seconds slower. I'm really not sure about that one. 12 miles at 6:50 is just about running a 1:30 half marathon. But we will see.

Interestingly, I reviewed last years blog entries from this time. Obviously I was training for Boston, but it seems that my training patterns are very similar. I did notice that I was running a lot more faster but shorter distance stuff, so I intend to get back to that.
While 51 was good mileage, it's at the upper end of what I need to be doing I think, and it might be more difficult with a full weeks work added in.