At long last, I managed to complete the long 12 km run from Week 3! I got on the treadmill without any particular plan but then thought I’d give it a whirl. The run itself was 8 km at an easy pace and then 4 km at 8.3 km/h. I therefore chose 7.3km/h for the easy pace and it was thankfully OK. I inadvertently skipped the week’s 5 km run but I figured I can pick that up at any time.

Overall progress can be seen here.

Blimey calf muscles can be really annoying! I decided on a long rest with a bit of cycling to fill the gaps and it was all going well. Then one night I decided to trot whilst walking the dog and my right calf felt a bit stiff afterwards. Was my own fault as I did no warm up at all and started off too fast. Annoyingly the dog loved it! Thankfully, my calf was just a bit tight rather than injured and the left calf felt absolutely fine. Anywyay, this evening I thought I’d have another go at Week 3 of my Runna training plan. and picked up on Run 2 – 6.2 km of Hill training leaving me with 5 km (Thursday) and 12 km (Saturday), classified as Easy and Long respectively. Previously I had to cut my 12 km run due to the original problem with my left calf back at the end of September.

On tonight’s effort I felt perfectly fine.

Overall progress can be seen here.

I thought I’d have another go at a light run on Monday and revisited Week 3 of my Runna training plan. As before the third week of my 50K training plan comprises four runs of 7 km (Monday) , 6.2 km (Wednesday), 5 km (Thursday) and 12 km (Saturday), classified as Easy, Hills, Easy and Long respectively. Previously I had to cut my 12 km run due to a problem with my left calf.

On Monday’s 7 km run I felt a slight tightness after the 6 km but up until that point felt perfectly fine.

Overall progress can be seen here.

Today I completed the second week of my 50K training plan. This was four runs of 7 km (Monday) , 7 km (Wednesday), 5 km (Thursday) and 10 km (Saturday), classified as Easy, On-Off Ks, Easy and Long respectively. I ran all these on the treadmill.

Annoyingly in the last run I had to swap out of my new Salomon Pulsar Trail Running Shoes to my usual Adidas 4DFWDs at the half way mark.

Overall progress can be seen here.