Author Archives: Kevin Griffith

Week 20 training report

This week was an easy week with 4 runs totaling 48 km. I skipped the long Sunday run in preparation for the upcoming Paris marathon next Sunday. The weather was cold for this time of year with near freezing temperatures … Continue reading

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week 19 report

Five runs this week, totaling almost 82 km, or 96% of objective. The weather was cold again. When is it going to warm up? On Sunday I did the last long run (28 km) before the Paris Marathon on 7 … Continue reading

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Week 18 training report

It was a cold and snowy week. Fortunately the snow came early in the week when I was recovering from last Sunday’s marathon. I rested on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday morning I braved the cold and snow and ran … Continue reading

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photos from maratrail

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week 17 training report

The objective was 85 km and I logged 81.76 in 5 runs. The weather warmed up some and I ran in the evenings during the week. On Sunday I ran the St-Leu-La-Forêt maratrail (42.75 km) in 4:47:15 which was good … Continue reading

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week 16 training report

This week I got in some quality running during 5 sorties, culminating with a strong half marathon at Rueil-Malmaison. I didn’t make the weekly kilometer objective but made up for it with a good perf in the half. The weather … Continue reading

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more pics from semi marathon Savigny-sur-Orge

This is on the first pass through the sports complex when we were still relatively fresh.

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week 15 report

Had a good week of running despite cold, sub-freezing temperatures, surpassing the 75km goal by 4km. On Saturday I did a relatively easy, long steady 26 km run down to the Seine, over to St Germain-en-Laye, and up into Marly … Continue reading

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week 14 training report

Surpassed my 75km objective this week with a strong 85.57km effort spread over 5 different runs. On Tuesday, after a 2 day rest, I did an evening run for a change. I covered 16km in a brisk 4:54 min/km pace, … Continue reading

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Yasso test

I read that the Yasso test is a good indicator of marathon time. 15 min warmup do 10 x 800m  reps separated by a slow jog to rest and recuperate if 800m time < 3:30, rest time between reps is … Continue reading

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Week 13 training report

This week was a soft training week. I only did 28.67 km, or 41% of the 70km goal. I did three runs and no long run. The weather was foul so this was a good week to cut back. On … Continue reading

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Week 12 training report

This week I did 72.8 km in 4 runs. I rested Monday and Tuesday to recover from the 35 km on Sunday. On Saturday I kept up a good pace over 18.57 km in Marly forest, averaging 4:52 min/km with … Continue reading

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Week 11 training report

Four runs this week, on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday after rest days on Monday and Tuesday. I made the 70 km objective with a long 35 km run on Sunday. The long run was encouraging. I had no cramps. … Continue reading

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Weeks 9 and 10 training report

For week 9, I did 57km or 88% of objective in three outings, twice during the week and a long 30.65 km run on Sunday. Weather was cold so it was tough to get motivated. The long run was encouraging. … Continue reading

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Week 8 training report

Week 8 started off with a 23 km run on Monday, the 31st of December. I needed to do 22 km to make the 2000 km objective for 2012. I did 1 more just so that I didn’t miss the … Continue reading

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weeks 6 and 7 training report

Week 6 was the week before Christmas. The major difficulty was the multiple pre-Christmas parties and dinners that I attended. In addition to that there was a travel day to Gerardmer that I had to run around. Despite that, I … Continue reading

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week 5 training report

This was a strong running week, based on a 20k run on Saturday, followed by a 25 run on Sunday. I also ran on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in sub-freezing temperatures for those two mornings. The total for the week … Continue reading

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week 4 training summary

I got to 87% of my 60 km objective this past week, running a total of 52.47km. I missed a morning run because of bad weather. It snowed during the early morning hours of Thursday and I didn’t go out … Continue reading

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week 3 training report

I had a good running week logging 58.95 km with no new aches or pains. My goal for the week was 50km. I did 4 sorties with a strong 21 km on Sunday at a sub 5min/km pace. It was … Continue reading

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week 2 running summary

This past week I ran 5 times for a total of 55.83km. Sunday was the long run day with a 20.74km run thru Marly forest. I started after 4PM and it got dark so I had to return by way … Continue reading

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