Thursday 17 June 2010

7.4 miles tempo

Went to the Thursday club session for the first time in ages. There were a couple of other folk who were just coming back from injury, all planning a fairly easy run. We had a choice between 7 and 10 miles. Most went for the longer route but I thought it might be pushing my luck a bit, especially as I had worn the Newton Motus in case I needed to try to keep up with anybody. A combined fast pack of 6 set off at a fairly steady pace towards Bearsden. I nearly got squashed at Canniesburn Toll but was slightly more careful after that. Three of us had pushed ahead by the time the routes split, and I was left on my own to head up Stockiemuir Road. The rest of the route took me down Craigdhu Road, Park Road and back down Milngavie Road. There was supposed to be a 2-mile tempo stretch starting at Main Street but I was starting to flag a bit by this point, and the climb up Switchback Road was particularly hard work. Got back to the bridge in 48:50 for the 7.40 miles, average pace 6:36/mile, HR 158.

Pace splits (ave. HR): 7:30 (136), 7:12 (148), 6:29 (160), 6:10 (164), 6:11 (165), 6:21 (168), 6:34 (170), 5:57 (167)
HR zones: 0.8%, 7.0%, 30.3%, 61.9%, 0%

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