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Keep on Plodding

Well I had decided to take advantage of lack of boss and do a longer run.... well 4.1m isn't exactly long but longer than the normal lunchtime run of 5k!

So I prepare myself for this run, a tempo run I decide. Work mate (who sits 3ft away) declares he has flu (man flu I guess!) and stays in work spreading his lurgy (please please please no more lurgy for me) so by the time it gets to lunch my mind says "I can feel a cold coming on!"

Anyway off I trot aiming for 11-12mm pace and finish mile one in 11.58 feeling fairly OK. The front of my lower legs then start to tighten (just like on Monday when I went off too fast!) and I noticed who Alan Moss Road makes a lovely wind tunnel! aving had to stop/walk across two main roads I then stopped for a brief stretch knowing that as I turn the next corner the nice straight road will soon turn into long slope!

For some reason by now I am finding this a hard run, I'm working really hard yet doing 12.30mm pace and I realise the wind is not only following me but harder than I thought! I also realise that this run and that slope take me past 2 schools ... something that I had noticed but not taken in on the many times I had driven down this road.

As with most hills I soon find myself on the down side and picking up speed - I also notice that the pavement is concrete and hard and that my legs are no longer tight and that I seem to have a second wind!! Another corner and I'm out of the wind!! and energy! I walk for 30 seconds then off I go with the aim of getting back to the office without walking.

As I enter the "finishing straight" I notice "bloke from the office" and think damn (I am naturally wearing a bright canery yellow tee!) and put on a last minute burst of speed getting up to 9.45mm pace; I turn the corner and die!!

Here is the statistic details!!
Distance1m2m3m4m4.1m
Time11.5813.4812.1511.431.07
Av HR167172178181186

Not too bad for me I guess ... average pace of about 12.20mm and HR of 175. Slowly getting bak to it.

Rest day tomorrow then shorter lunchtime run on Friday (boss will be in!) so will go for a fast one!! Off to mum's at the weekend so no club this week for me.



Comments

Anonymous said…
Ill stand corrected on this but way back when many years ago I use to run cross country and of course hated hill training, running in rain and anything that took an extra bit of effort but my coach would always reasure me that on the day of the event it would not be near as hilly and therefore that extra bit of effort that you put in while training would mean that when the going got tough in a race you thought yeh Ive been here before-I can do this...
Hopefully it will all be worth it in the end. it already is-each day we run a mile further in training is a plus in itself and the times will come too. Enjoy your rest day tomorrow.
4:52 PM, February 09, 2005
beanz said…
good running - funny how seeing someone we know makes us try that bit harder!
7:19 PM, February 09, 2005
RobW said…
Run Pixie run.

Hopefully you insist that your work colleague sits there with a surgical mask on to make sure he doesn't pass on any of his germs.
7:55 PM, February 10, 2005
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