Thursday - 16 km with middle 20’ at threshold

Out for my usual Thursday threshold on an unseasonably cold and windy November morning. I was feeling quite good, despite the wind, but really made a conscious effort to keep the heart rate down ever so slightly today, as I have perhaps been trying to beat my time from previous weeks recently - which defeats the whole purpose of a threshold session. So with that in mind, I really kept the pace controlled, only momentarily dipping into the red zone towards the end. Finished with 5.84 km holding 3:25’s at 163 bpm. Not a bad effort at all, although slightly slower than last week, the heart rate was quite a bit lower - not to mention the wind. Jogged the rest of it out for 16 km all up.