Thursday 1 December 2011

6.4 miles tempo

The club training session was an easy loop of Great Western Road, Archerhill Road, Dyke Road, Alderman Road and Anniesland Road. The pace increased gradually as we headed through Knightswood. There was some confusion on Archerhill Road when the Dyke Road sign was hard to read, and a passer-by told us the other packs had continued to Kelso Road, so we just followed them to add on some extra distance. It turned out that I still had slightly heavy legs from Tuesday's hills, so with Saturday's race in mind (weather permitting), I dropped off the pace on Alderman Road. The informal tempo session ended at Anniesland Cross and the fast pack reassembled on Bearsden Road. HR readings look dubious around Lincoln Avenue on the way out. 6.35 miles in 44:05, average pace 6:57/mile, HR 153.

Pace splits (ave. HR): 8:01 (130), 7:00 (144), 6:31 (164), 6:18 (160), 6:19 (167), 7:20 (158), 7:30 (147)
HR zones: 1.2%, 21.5%, 39.0%, 36.3%, 2.0%

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