Training

Extended run home

11.7 miles 1:51:54 9:32/mi

Making up for the weekend long run I missed due to snow. Not as long as I’d planned for Saturday, but decent enough given the freezing conditions.

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Tempo run home

6.2 miles 48:47 7:54/mi

Pleased with my pace here, before the final 1.5 miles of serious hills my average pace was 7:35 min/mile, a little quicker than my planned pace of 7:38. Think I may have had a bit of a tail wind in places, but still – positive run.

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Gentle run home

6.0 miles 56:10 9:21/mi

Nice easy run home, was careful to keep the pace slow and heart beat low even up the hills towards the end of the run. Loving the Mio Alpha HRM, so much better than a heart rate strap!

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LSR around Hampstead

10.5 miles 1:38:38 9:25/mi

Very mixed weather – heavy rain one minute, sunshine the next. And quite windy in places too. Tried to keep my pace slow and steady, legs felt good with few niggles etc.

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Slighty screwy tempo run

6.0 miles 52:08 8:40/mi

Not sure what was going on today but pace on my watch was all over the place, but I think broadly speaking I managed 3 miles at 7:50 pace, then backed down to 8:20 for the final 3. Feeling a bit tired this week so reasonably happy with that performance.

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Treadmill

Tough intervals session

6.0 miles 55:25 9:11/mi

Hard work today – have had a slight bit of a head cold the past few days and things definitely felt tough. Pleased I completed most of the session though, save for the final interval which I cut in half. Also tried out my new Alpha Mio strapless HRM – worked great, no dropouts unlike my old chest strap which tends to go mad after a while in the gym, probably due to all the sweat!

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