Havn’t had much time to get onto the computer to do this - the phone is really too small…
6 weeks till 1st 10km race.
Intervals have pretty much been mastered and i don’t feel they are going to take me further.
Long runs have been almost non existent. - 7 weeks of wet weather hasn’t helped. (or 3 kids…)
The last week, i’ve started working on time trials. At the moment, it’s either wet or stupidly hot or blowing crazy winds.
So, even though they are time trials, i’m not too concerned with the overall time. I’m more concerned with the Lap times.
So far, I’ve done 2 x runs over 5 or just over 5km.
1st run was 4 laps of course (between 1.2km to 1.3km?? - i need to use my measuring wheel)
2nd 5km was 5 laps of 1km (half on road, half on wet long grass - oh, and in the rain…)
The 4 lap course
4;22
4.21
4.24
4.26 (the wind was noticeably harder in the back straight v’s blocked out by trees in the other laps)
Biggest thing i notice looking at the graph, is the hill at 700m - pace drops going up, and didn’t hit full normal speed until the bottom. Plenty of seconds lost there.
The 5 lap course (accurately measured)
3.27
3.29
3.32
3.35
3.31
The wet conditions - shoes filling up with water in the grass…
Lap 4 = there was a car on the downhill section that prevented me from running the usual speeds down. Hence the slower time.
Also, the grass was all mostly flat, and, was the same speed as running Up the Hill on the Road, and the Grass has a slightly higher heart rate reading. Consistent on each lap.
The biggest thing i’ve noticed between doing longer slower runs, and intervals - is time trials hurt different. Much different.
Intervals tend to be more chest, lungs and heart - which i can push through. Legs don’t die. If La+ hits, it’s 1st felt in the shoulders, arms.
Long runs tend to hurt the legs.
Time trials, tend to hurt the Guts and Diaphragm. I feel like i want to go faster, but, nothing happens - like a speed limiter on a car?? Feels like the heart Should beat some more, i’m only hitting 168 at Max - typically 164. 168 hurts, but not that bad. I wouldn’t even say all that much La+ is being produced??