Lunchtime run through Loughborough for me today, just because I could! Oh and the canal path would be wet and muddy and I didn't want to get my new shoes dirty!!
So offf I went with a planned route in mind and a planned stratergy to run. I decided that the 1st mile would be deliberatly slower as a warm up and that I would then see how I felt.
The result??
A FABTASTIC RUN!!!
I loved it!
Stats showed 3.3m (longest 40mins run this year!) with an average pace of 12:06mm so well pleased!
90mins long run
Speedwork - 4 sets of 90secs effort uphill!
So offf I went with a planned route in mind and a planned stratergy to run. I decided that the 1st mile would be deliberatly slower as a warm up and that I would then see how I felt.
The result??
A FABTASTIC RUN!!!
I loved it!
Stats showed 3.3m (longest 40mins run this year!) with an average pace of 12:06mm so well pleased!
So as you can see the legs seem to be improving. HR was higher than normal but I was also faster so I guess they are related! Looks like each mile was getting faster too so the legs were warming up!
My long run was also a lot better on Monday so I am guessing that the old legs really do need a warm up now. This means that I now know how to approach next weeks Relay ... I must do a good 15mins warm up trot before I race. Also if things carry on this way then I will be doing warm ups at both Brass Monkey and Reading rather than taking my normal approach of the first mile of the race being my warm up!
The rest of the week has 3 runs planned;
53mins steady run90mins long run
Speedwork - 4 sets of 90secs effort uphill!
Oh and some pilates too!
Lets hope this is the start of good training period leading up to Brass Monkey.
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