Today's running blog, three points to discuss.
1 1. Last nights run
Last night before the crushing disappointment of England
losing to Uruguay in the World Cup I headed out for a bit of a quick run.
My route was one that I have done several times but not
recently and is a bit of a hill run. It’s basically running up out of a dip,
back down into and then up the other side and down again and repeating this
three times. The elevation of the course looks like this:
Although they are not massive hills and there isn’t a
massive elevation rise it’s a testing run to try and run at speed and it keeps
you working the full course.
Last night feeling good and running well in my new trainers
I clocked a time of 32.49 with an average Km split of 4.31min/km which is the
fastest average split I have run in a long time!
Really pleased with the result
I have looked over my previous times from early this year or in August and
September last year when training for my last marathon in October and my time
compares really well. Generally I was running the course in about 34 minutes so
I am really impressed in knocking around 2 minutes off my time and it is a good
indication that my training is progressing well.
2 2. Tonights gym session and burrito
Tonight after work I am heading out to watch the football
and tonights match France v Switzerland is an entertaining prospect. But before
the merriment of watching football out in a pub with the associated accompaniment
of drinking I will be hitting the gym followed by treating myself to a burrito
as a way of refueling after the gym and lining my stomach ahead of the
drinking.
I am planning a core and ab circuit session with some body
weight resistance exercises focusing on press ups and maybe some kettle bell
work as well. I haven’t hit the gym in the evening for a long time and am
looking forward to an afternoon session where I am a bit more awake and invigorated
than what I sometimes am when training at 7 am in the morning.
Not wanting to curse myself now but I am also looking
forward to the gym being quiet as it hopefully will be on a Friday evening, we
will see….
3 3. Tomorrows Parkrun
Buoyed by feeling fitter and stronger and the success of my
quick run last night as outlined in point 1 I am hoping for a good time in
parkrun on Saturday morning. This does of course factor heavily on what happens
tonight staying out watching the football as outlined in point 2!
Seriously though I know I have a good time in me and want to
rival my PB which is around 21.55, my new trainers are also adding extra speed
to my run. I know realistically new trainers will add a little bit of speed as
they are firmer and stronger etc but they also add a big mental boost as I feel
so much more confident and quicker running in new trainers.
Fingers crossed for some great weather and a great run
tomorrow morning!
All the best to everyone else giving parkrun a go this
weekend or running an event, run well everyone!
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