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Fartlek, Hills, type of run

Phil — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:29:42 +0000

The sun came out this morning while i was at work so not to miss such a rare event i stopped what i was doing put my running kit on and went for a run in case it only lasted a short period. The blue sky was welcome but could not disguise the blood chilling temperatures outside. I ended up doing an odd sort of run. My legs were tired from yesterdays efforts so i just ran as hard as i could uphill which there are many where i was today and then sort of bimbled on the downhill bits.

Ran 4.23 miles in 39:04 @ 9:14 min/miles pace

Off, Run, Bowling

Phil — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:27:26 +0000

No work today so i got up early and went for a 4 miler. My legs were knackered after yesterdays efforts and after 3 miles i was really struggling. Gonna have a rest day tomorrow.

Now we are off bowling.

Ran 4.23 miles in 38:10 @ 9:01 min/miles pace

Tempo Run

Phil — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:40:31 +0000

I went for a 4 miler and ran it at what is now my tempo pace. Info gathered from various sources based on my 10km times etc. I don’t like running at this pace for me it is very hard going and nowhere is flat round here except the beach which is windy most of the time.

I also got an ipod shuffle today which i am very pleased with. I bought it from JogBlog who very kindly let me have it for a very reasonable price. Great for running. I had no idea it was so small

Ran 4.22 miles in 34:57 @ 8:17 min/miles pace,

Tuesday 5 Miler

Phil — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:32:16 +0000

Went for a 5 miler at work this afternoon. This route is very undulating and according to some geeky graphs from the GPS data it involves a higher accent in elevation in total than decent but in my head that would make me finish at a higher point than when i started because i started and finished at the same point?

edit – so if the route was on the side of a larger hill in itself then that would answer the elevation conundrum which wasn’t a conundrum at all i just had to zoom out so to speak and geographically think bigger. I know this is obvious to most people but I’m a bit thick.

Ran 5.02 miles in 42:15 @ 8:24 min/miles pace,

Hot Spot

Phil — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:52:15 +0000

3.5 miles in the hills yesterday which without any shadow of doubt was one of my best runs in months. I felt fitter and stronger all the way round. I went for a 4.5 miler at home this evening which was a bit of an effort after yesterdays pace.

I got a new pair of trainers recently and as such I’m getting sore bits on the back of my foot. It’s only a small area but the the little buggers sting like hell and the howling as i get into a bath jeeesh!!!