Thursday 13 December 2012

2.8 miles steady, 8.1 miles hard

Ran home from work in 19:10 for 2.77 miles, average pace 6:55/mile, HR 139.

Pace splits (ave. HR): 7:07 (131), 6:59 (141), 6:36 (146)
HR zones: 4.1%, 37.8%, 58.1%, 0%, 0%

The club session in the evening was a 25-minute out and back, starting at the bottom of the hill beside the Vet School, heading down Bearsden Road to Anniesland Cross, following Great Western Road to St George's Cross and heading up Maryhill Road if there was any time remaining. After a 0.34-mile warm-up we set off at a decent pace. A small fast pack of me, Alex and John soon broke away. I wanted to get as far up Maryhill Road as possible and drove the pace, ending up on my own at some point after Kelvinbridge and almost reaching Wilton Street in the 25 minutes. Alex waited for me at Napiershall Street on the way back and we ran together for about half a mile until I fell off the pace on account of stomach problems, the session having started too soon after dinner for comfort. At one point my pace dropped to about 7:30/mile and I was trailing by about 20 seconds before we reached Botanic Gardens, with no prospect of managing 8 miles in the 50 minutes as hoped, but I gradually managed to pick it back up again, feeling absolutely fine by the time I got to Dorchester Avenue, and caught up just after Anniesland Cross. Went through the 8 mile mark in 49:54, finishing the session in 50:35 for 8.12 miles, average pace 6:14/mile. We were however just about last to finish as I had stopped my watch when we got stuck at a couple of junctions. 

Pace splits (ave. HR): 6:34 (150), 6:12 (162), 5:54 (170), 6:02 (173), 6:05 (172), 6:33 (171), 6:05 (173), 6:28 (176), 5:35 (179)
HR zones: 0.6%, 1.2%, 12.6%, 85.4%, 0% 

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