Thursday - 16 km with middle 20’ at threshold

I met Erika and Ben up at North Head for the weekly threshold session. Another humid morning, although we were somewhat cooled for half of each lap as we ran into a mild-to-moderate southerly wind. I definitely felt better once I started the 20 minute effort, and today I just really focused on getting my breathing under control. I managed to do this, feeling strong and controlled for the entire effort. As usual, I had to hold the intensity back over the last two kilometres in order to keep the heart rate in the correct zone, finishing with 5.95 km holding 3:22’s at 169 bpm. A solid effort that. Ran the remaining five kilometres for 16 km all up.