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Unintended Step Back Week ....

Schedule said 50mins 5:1 stready run. Given my speedwork pace has increased I decided to do this at 8km instead of 7.5km.

After 4 sets I gave up. My HR was all over the place (Max 190 - speedwork max 193) and I almost fell off the tready twice! Which was odd cos the pace felt OK apart from the fact I was clock watching after 2 mins on each set! So I decided to call it quits for safety reasons!

So lets review -
The last few days (before Friday's blood zapping) I've been saying "I'm tired". Sunday's run was a mare and today I quit.

So I am going to make this a step back week and just do some short runs sticking to walk run but not the plan. Then next week I will start with week 7 properly and hopefully with some energy!

Also the hossie was well on time! In fact I was there early and went straight in! Nursey weighed me and it read 4kg less than what the scales said at the beginning of my Get Fit For Life course which is well cool! The scan results will be with the GP within 2wks so I will need to make an appointment then.

Comments

fraggle said…
good idea to take it easy for a week Pix - you'll come back to it even better next week.
9:57 PM, July 05, 2005
beanz said…
oohh listening to your body then!

well done
10:40 PM, July 05, 2005
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