Quality Runs in Sub-Zero Temperatures
Feb0320128:27 p.m.
Week 3, Session 1 - 4 x 6 mins Threshold Intervals (7 miles)
Session 2 - 2 x 10 mins Kenyan Hills (6 miles)
Two quality sessions in perfect wintery sunshine so far this week.
I thought Tuesday lunchtime's Threshold Interval session was going to be a complete waste of time as I only got about 30 minutes sleep the previous night. But to my suprise I was full of energy during the run and my final 2 intervals were ran at near 10K pace rather than the required threshold pace. I'm not sure if this was down to gel that I'd gulped down just before I set off, or the superb up tempo tracks that came onto my iPod. Either way I was really chuffed with my performance.
Thursday lunchtime's work out was another Kenyan Hills session. I'm begining to really enjoy these workouts. It was an absolutely freezing cold day, but the sun was out for the warm up, so I didn't mind that. Unfortunately the hill that I was using was mostly in the shade and I was running up into a headwind which made it feel like about -5 degrees at least. After going off a bit too fast last week I was keen to run the hills at a hard but even pace this time and I got it spot on. It's amazing how the miles tick by when you are doing intervals like these. It's only 1.35 miles from where I work to the hill I run up, but in all I clocked up 6 miles, so that means I was running up and down the hill for 3.3 miles . . . hard work, but well worth it in the long run.
Speaking of long runs, it looks like it's going to be a pretty cold one on Sunday. After a recovery run on Saturday I'll be out early Sunday morning for a 12-13 miler . . . I'm thinking I might need to wrap up warm for that one!!
Session 2 - 2 x 10 mins Kenyan Hills (6 miles)
Two quality sessions in perfect wintery sunshine so far this week.
I thought Tuesday lunchtime's Threshold Interval session was going to be a complete waste of time as I only got about 30 minutes sleep the previous night. But to my suprise I was full of energy during the run and my final 2 intervals were ran at near 10K pace rather than the required threshold pace. I'm not sure if this was down to gel that I'd gulped down just before I set off, or the superb up tempo tracks that came onto my iPod. Either way I was really chuffed with my performance.
Thursday lunchtime's work out was another Kenyan Hills session. I'm begining to really enjoy these workouts. It was an absolutely freezing cold day, but the sun was out for the warm up, so I didn't mind that. Unfortunately the hill that I was using was mostly in the shade and I was running up into a headwind which made it feel like about -5 degrees at least. After going off a bit too fast last week I was keen to run the hills at a hard but even pace this time and I got it spot on. It's amazing how the miles tick by when you are doing intervals like these. It's only 1.35 miles from where I work to the hill I run up, but in all I clocked up 6 miles, so that means I was running up and down the hill for 3.3 miles . . . hard work, but well worth it in the long run.
Speaking of long runs, it looks like it's going to be a pretty cold one on Sunday. After a recovery run on Saturday I'll be out early Sunday morning for a 12-13 miler . . . I'm thinking I might need to wrap up warm for that one!!
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Mrs_Old_Bird 'Well done! It'll be all worth it come 22nd April (well, thta's what I keep telling myself!).' added 4th Feb 2012
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