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Long weekend at an Algarve training camp
By Chris | February 6, 2008
Just got back from a long weekend training camp in the Algarve. Nice weather (with a dash of rain thrown in on the last day), nice people and good quality training. Okay, perhaps this training mainly focused on those who were there to boost their marathon training but I found it useful and informative never the less, especially so as far as pacing is concerned. Pacing, as in pacing my self over 54, probably wet miles, is vital if I am to give myself a chance to improve my finishing times. That’s if I finish at all! 2 years ago (2006), my Thames Meander finishing time was 13:42. Last year I ran the Thames Path 50 mile Ultra in 11:12:40. That finishing time extrapolated to 54 miles indicated that I would have reduced my Thames Meander time to around 12hrs and all because I did not linger at the CP’s nor did I get caught up in a group as the day/miles went by. So ‘all’ I have to do to improve this year then, is to do the same as last year plus make sure that my pace remains more constant. Hmm, we’ll see.
Note: The training camp was organised and run by Full Potential.
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