To say I've been putting off a run this week would be almost false advertising. After the cold, wet & walking 10k on Sunday I found myself with a tight hamstring (not the usual one) and equally tight calves (the usual two). I originally deferred my Tuesday run to Wednesday. Wednesday morning came & I was still suffering from dodgy calves. With a regular swimming lesson on a Wed evening I decided further rest would be beneficial, binning the week's first run.
Which brings us to today. Thursday and Saturday are my speed work days, they key to my improvement in the past six months. Today called for 10 mins of easy, steady, tempo, steady & easy. I'd already decided to drop the easy stints to 5 minutes, I struggle to fit in 50 minutes and make my train.
The Run
I eased into the run and once my watch bleeped at 5 minutes I kicked to a steady pace. To my dismay the next 5 min beep suggested the pace was identical, those damn hills! It seemed to happen during the steady to tempo crossover as well! My 2nd 5 min block of tempo was a 4:57/km, probably too fast!
My second spell of steady coincided with the steepest climb of the morning. I pushed myself up at a regrettably fast pace and unsurprisingly found myself devoid of pace once I got to the top. My route naturally took me home without much of the final easy stint being completed. I was satisfied with the result though. It's the first time I'd pushed myself since September and although I was hanging by the end of it, the value of the work was high.
Saturday brings another visit to a parkrun. We're heading to Gunpowder, which I thought was celebrating it's birthday. Turns out that's next weekend!!!
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