I have two Half-Marathons I’m setting my eyes on:

Ealing Half Marathon (29th September 2013)

Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon (6th October 2013)

ZR track here

30-minute run. Surprisingly, burned out pretty quickly. But I guess that’s what happens when you don’t have a decent lunch…

My run was later than normal because of training at the office which delayed me, not to mention an accident at the Brent Cross junction with the North Circular Road….

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Shorter run today, and scored pretty well – got 95% and I think this is probably because I actually pre-empted the start of the Green Zone.

ZR Track here

Reasonable run today. Only scored 81% though. I used the larger, steeper lap this time, but managed to keep my pace more consistent.

ZR Track here

Scored 90% today. Did a longer lap of my local park this time, which had the steeper incline. Harder work, but better for pacing.

ZR Track here

Made a complete mess of today’s workout. Burned out too quickly and ended up walking most of it. Got a long way to go before I can do a Half Marathon…. :(

My first box has just shipped. If you’re interested, here’s the contents:

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Today’s run I dropped below 90% for the first time in a while. I can maintain a heart rate, but trying to get up to that rate, or dropping it down is difficult….

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Day 7 of training. Again, 90%. Tried running up a steeper hill compared to my previous days runs. Not such a good idea since I burned out quicker - have to make sure I pace myself better.

Managed to stay in zone for most of the run, but it was a little slow to get up to Green, so I guess that’s why I only scored 90% on this run. But still, 90% and above, and I’m pleased.

First long run of the training. It was only 30 minutes, but it’ll go up next week. Interestingly, even though I managed to settle into a comfortable pace, my heart rate kept climbing. Then, just towards the end of the 20-minute Green Zone, my pacer beeped me, telling me to slow down. If my heart rate hits that limit in 20 minutes, then next Saturday, when the duration gets upped to 35 minutes with a 25-minute Green Zone, I’m going to end up hitting that border more often in the last 5 minutes.

Also, here’s an interesting fact. Today, I covered 5.26 KM at 00:06:52 min/KM. Yesterday, I covered 3.56 KM at 00:07:53 min/KM. So, I covered a longer distance at a shorter pace.

Oh, and if you’re interested, I also had Zombies, Run! running during this run. That run is available here (can’t embed it)

Tomorrow is the first Long Run of my Half Marathon training. It’s a simple 30-minute Green Run. I should be able to get around 4 KMs out of this run, but considering my training is by Heart Rate, and not pace, I won’t be running very fast.

The Long Runs are on Saturday (I picked that day for them), and whilst this week’s run is 30 minutes, the Long Run time goes up, until on the last week of training (which will be in July if I can last it), the Long Run is 1h 40mins. I have done a run of 1h 30mins, but it wasn’t non-stop, so it will be interesting to see how well I last, and that’s assuming I can last the distance.

Green Zone Run. Comfortable and easy. Wobbled a little to begin with as my heart rate tried to settle into a comfortable pace.

Overall Score: 90%

No run today – rest day

Day 3 of training: Threshold Run. It was very difficult to keep within the yellow zone on this run, and even harder to maintain the zone. 5 minutes, and I was burnt out.

Overall Score: 57%

I came across an advert for this site. It advertises “snack boxes” with a selection of snacks that you rate up or down to improve your own customisations, and they are all healthy-type snacks (dried fruit, nuts, rice crackers, etc.)

Have you tried it? I’m going to go for one and see what they’re like.

I’m trying to train up for a Half Marathon – not for any charity in particular, but as a goal, so I’m using my miCoach equipment for logging the runs. Here’s Day 2. I haven’t posted Day 1 because logging it went somewhat wrong and the data was skewed.