Saturday 26 September 2015

Saturday session - 4 x 2km on a 9:30 cycle at Moore Park (am) + 8km recovery (pm)

Always enjoy this one. Sean now seems to have got accurate on the new and modified 1km loop at Moore Park (yes, it is now 1000m). Another good turnout again this morning, with Harry, Matty and Ollie running out in front. Definitely not 'world record conditions' this morning with a very soft and muddy loop, but nonetheless great to be out there running in dry weather with only a mild to moderate wind! Very happy with the session, as it is the most consistent I have run this particular one (I have gone out too hard far to many times previously). 6:16, 6:14, 6:20 and 6:20. Felt sluggish in the first rep, but from then on just focused on keeping the heart rate not too far into the red, ensuring that I wouldn't blow up. This no doubt contributed towards the consistency. Nice and easy cooldown with Tom, Hamish, James, Harry and Sigrid for 17km all up (although forgot to the Garmin, and didn't realise until I was driving through the city - hence my record 1km on Strava). Plan is to get out for another run this afternoon after qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix of course.

8km ver easy this afternoon. Have noticed that the pace of my 'easy' and 'recovery' runs has progressively increased over the past seven weeks. Need to rein this in and keep it under control. Ran purely on feel this afternoon, and therefore thoroughly enjoyed it. Average heart rate was 120 beats per minute, at 4:40 min/km pace.

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