My main focus is Manchester Marathon on 10th April 2016....I've got a goal of sub 4 hours for my first and honestly believe MAF can take me there, I've got about 15 weeks to train depending on when I start back up again properly.
But while thinking about the structure of my plan, I started to go over the last 2 phases of MAF I've done
I've got other posts summerising below in more detail
http://seguhi87.blogspot.com/2015/08/my-maf-journey.html
http://seguhi87.blogspot.com/2015/09/maf-update-updated-23092015.html
http://seguhi87.blogspot.com/2015/10/maf-update.html
**Note** There is a lot of data floating around my blog , please don't be put off by it, it's just the analytical side of my mind if you need it explaining then please feel free to ask.
The main purpose of this post is to cross-reference both phases and work out the amount of time spent at MAF and the time spent over MAF and see if the more time spent at MAF has an impact on my MAF Pace.. **2nd Part coming soon...Excel has really hurt my head tonight**
After a lengthy stint in Excel (see above) copying the information from my Strava where I've got the bulk of my data ( there are some gaps when my watch didn't record or I had to input it in as a manual entry so it is a slight under calcualtion)
** The zones are taken from my Strava based on previous HR Max so they don't directly link with MAF but come close enough...I've customised Z2 in Strava to stop at 157pm so least it will link with my MAF HR
So the pictures below are the amount of hours spent training (Total) then broken down into time spent in each Zone with Z2 being as close to MAF
The difference is quite noticeable between the two much more time spent in Zone 3 and Zone 4 in the 2nd phase I did a lot more club runs and faster sessions the 2nd time around also I trained a lot more and completed some bigger distances the 2nd time around which added on to the total time
For me it's nice to see this type of information as text and try to understand it
It's also lead me to a much more structured approach to my training for the marathon...TIME TO GET SERIOUS... I've done MAF for about 9 months total over the last 15 months and I can see myself doing a lot more in the future for my goal but for 2016 everything needs to fit in place as much as possible.
I can't be running MAF and eating junk or having off /days/weeks where I get caught up in the speed of club runs or parkruns to break my PB ( I know it will happen at times and it's how I adapt to it that helps and think about the bigger picture) I have to stick to my goals.
I'll be outlining my plan for Manchester and blogging about each week/month in the near future
I'm really looking forward to this challenge and I am so happy to have discovered MAF
Thanks for reading
