Tomorrow is my first half marathon – yippee. So after 20
weeks of following a training guide (loosely I may add) I should be ready for
21kms of running. It will take me about the same time as a full soccer match
PLUS and hour!!!! OUCH.
Just to give you an idea of the amount of training I’ve done
I've put together a quick table of the date and kilometres run. Sometimes the
distance doesn’t appear that far, but it could well have been hill runs or a
sprinting session (eg. Sprint and walk).
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29/05/2012
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4.68
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31/05/2012
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5.32
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3/06/2012
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4.25
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7/06/2012
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3.79
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10/06/2012
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5.46
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15/06/2012
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5.26
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17/06/2012
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6.5
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23/06/2012
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5
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24/06/2012
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7.53
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25/06/2012
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3
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26/06/2012
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5.25
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1/07/2012
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8.25
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3/07/2012
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5.8
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5/07/2012
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6.38
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7/07/2012
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5
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8/07/2012
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10.69
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10/07/2012
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4.68
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11/07/2012
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4
|
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15/07/2012
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10.17
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17/07/2012
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6.8
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19/07/2012
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4.1
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20/07/2012
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6.02
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22/07/2012
|
12
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24/07/2012
|
3
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25/07/2012
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5.31
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28/07/2012
|
5
|
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29/07/2012
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14.19
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31/07/2012
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6.74
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2/08/2012
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6.6
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4/08/2012
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5
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5/08/2012
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14.32
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7/08/2012
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6.09
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8/08/2012
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5.7
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11/08/2012
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5
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12/08/2012
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16.07
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14/08/2012
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3.52
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15/08/2012
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6.96
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18/08/2012
|
5
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19/08/2012
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18.03
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21/08/2012
|
3
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26/08/2012
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11.11
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29/08/2012
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6.09
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1/09/2012
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7.94
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2/09/2012
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15.04
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4/09/2012
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5.38
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8/09/2012
|
5
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9/09/2012
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16.8
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11/09/2012
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1.609
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20/09/2012
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5.11
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24/09/2012
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5.11
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26/09/2012
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15.42
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29/09/2012
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5
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2/10/2012
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18
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5/10/2012
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3
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6/10/2012
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9.73
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10/10/2012
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5.04
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TOTAL
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404.839
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It was interesting putting this together as I was looking at
some of the sessions and they were “run 5 mins walk 2 mins” and in the space of
4 and a half months I’ll be running 21kms with minimal (if any) stops. I’ve
done a couple of 18 km efforts and feel ready to go – taking it easy today and
will be upping my carb and liquid intake to ensure I’m all set for a best
effort.
I will be tweeting with photos at stages so feel free to follow
me @messy_tony and unlike quite a few runners I have no time expectations as
this is step one of my longer term goal of the Marathon in Hobart in January.
I'll update the blog post race with the promised opinion of myotherapy massage as well as my plans to get fit enough for 42kms sometime next week.
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