This week 51.2 Miles, 10 hours 39 minutes 15 seconds, Pace average 12:30. 5943 calories
Saturday January 7th – 4.8 Miles in 1:01:53 pace average 12:53. 5 sets of 65 push-ups. 15 minutes of Planks.
Sunday January 8th – 20 Miles in 4:19:34 pace average 12:59. 3 sets of 25 squats.
Monday January 9th – 4.8 Miles in 56:58 pace average 11:52. 4 sets of 6 chin-ups, 3 rounds boxing the heavy bag.
Tuesday January 10th – 4.8 Miles in 56:12 pace average 11:43. 5 sets of 65 push-ups. 15 minutes of Planks.
Wednesday January 11th – 12 Miles in 2:28:55 pace average 12:25. 3 sets of 25 squats.
Thursday January 12th – 4.8 Miles in 55:43 pace average 11:36. 4 sets of 6 chin-ups, 3 rounds boxing the heavy bag.
Friday January 13th – Date night with my Wife!
I have added speed training back into my walks. I have gotten slower and slower as I concentrated on distance endurance. I still think speed training will help a Centurion Race. It is that hard pressed DRIVE needed for speed that is also needed late in a Centurion Race. My goal is to walk all my training under 12 minutes per mile pace. Back like I did in 2014. Going to take me a few weeks to get back into that form. It helps also that I have a New Garmin 920xt sports watch. Easy to use. Easy to keep track during a walk. Uploads to my I-Pad when I return home. The truth is I have gotten lazy. I can do the mileage easy. Walking fast is work. Time to get back to work. Walking faster has also cleaned up my form. I think I missed the boat leaving out some speed work. Excited to try and regain what I have lost.
Without a doubt speed will improve technique. Train well James.
Excellent idea Rob. I’ve been thinking the exact same thing for this year. I’ve just started going to race-walk training on Monday nights to try and get some technique and speed back in that I’ve lost over the last five years of going long.