Tuesday 23 February 2010

2.5 miles easy, 7.6 miles moderate

Ran the same route before breakfast as on Monday, 2.49 miles in 19:09 for a 7:41/mile average, HR 132. Wore the Nimbus again, as they seem OK for that type of thing.

Pace splits (ave. HR): 7:59 (128), 7:25 (133), 7:37 (137)
HR zones: 4.4%, 90.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 0%

In the evening I dodged the club's track session and went for a longer run with Joe instead, setting out from Scotstoun Stadium where I had dropped Natasha off. I had applied some Tiger Balm agaist quad pain earlier on, and gave the Newton Distance S another outing. At no time did I feel especially fast although our later splits were quite respectable considering I was still able to talk (more or less). We headed along Victoria Park Drive North, down Balshagray Drive, onto Broomhill Drive and along Dumbarton Road to Byres Road before heading back along Hyndland Road and Great Western Road. I thought the route would be about 7 miles but on Lincoln Avenue it looked like it was going to come out short, so we headed along Southbrae Drive and down Westland Drive, finishing at the stadium gates. This added more to the route than I had expected, giving us a total of 7.56 miles, completed in 50:24. Average pace was 6:40/mile, HR 152. I had suddenly felt reasonably fit on Southbrae Drive and SportTracks showed it was around the time I had gone into HR zone 4.

Pace splits (ave. HR): 7:19 (131), 6:41 (152), 6:45 (155), 6:33 (154), 6:32 (152), 6:29 (155), 6:29 (161), 6:24 (159)
HR zones: 2.8%, 7.4%, 78.6%, 11.1%, 0%

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