Thursday 1 September 2011

7.1 miles tempo

The club training session was a choice between a tempo run over 5 or 7 miles. I intended to run the longer route and didn't realise the large group I saw heading for the top gate consisted of everybody who was running the 7 miles, so I set off late and didn't catch them up until the railway bridge. Left shin was a cause for concern so I wore the adiZero Tempo as a compromise between cushioning and speed, but it turned out that nobody was really pushing the pace so close to the Great Scottish Run. Along Anniesland Road there was a dispute within the combined fast pack about what the correct route was, and only three of us headed down to the junction with Danes Drive. Ran the loop at a comfortable pace, only really picking it up when we headed up Anniesland Road for the second time, to finish the tempo section at the junction with Knightswood Road, where we turned round to jog back to Garscube Estate. Some of the rest of the group appeared from Fulton Street which explained why we hadn't at least passed them coming back down Anniesland Road. Definite shin splints problem afterwards. HR readings look too high so strap probably needs adjusted again.

5.38 miles in 35:22, average pace 6:35/mile, HR 160
Pace splits (ave. HR): 6:41 (143), 6:54 (155), 6:37 (159), 6:24 (168), 6:30 (170), 5:58 (172)
HR zones: 0.9%, 5.2%, 35.4%, 56.4%, 2.1%

1.68 miles in 13:09, average pace 7:49/mile, HR 150
Pace splits (ave. HR): 7:49 (153), 7:48 (146)
HR zones: 0.0%, 10.3%, 78.5%, 11.3%, 0%
Weekly total: 40 miles

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