Building the 'Telephone Book'

Well things are continuing to build. The kms are going up, the kgs are coming down so its all looking great for April 15th which is when I will tackle my next goal race which is of course the Geelong Half Marathon.

The week that has just ended saw me hit a total of 90km which is the most I have done for about six months. My weight has also come down to 74kg and although there is still a long way to go, it is good to see it coming down rather than heading north as it was doing around xmas time.

Recently a well-respected coach told me a theory that building a training base is like making a telephone book. Each session is another page. If you try to rip one page in half, it tears easily. The more pages you have, the more difficult it is to tear. If you try to rip an entire phone book in half, it is almost impossible. So with this theory we are trying to make ourselves as strong as a phone book. Easier said than done but thats the idea.

So here is how my last 2 weeks have looked

Week ending 15th January - Pull back week. Only 60kms

Week ending 22nd January - Inreased the kms to 90kms after feeling much better from the previous lighter week.

I have also started to do 2 runs on a Sunday. There is the long run on Sunday morning, then there is the lovely gentle shorter run at sunset. The Sunday night run is my favourite run of the week even though it is not always suitable due to sometimes having commitments at that time.

So thats how the last 2 weeks have looked. For the next few weeks the focus will still be on making small increases to the weekly mileage but also ensuring that I do some quality training as this has been lacking lately. Also getting the weight towards my goal of <70kg will continuing to be worked on.