Running
Around north end of Hampstead Heath
Wanted to squeeze another run in this week, so headed out early (for me anyway!) on Saturday. Despite forecasts of rain it stayed dry and was actually quite sunny in places. Unfortunately towards the end I tripped on a tree root and landed face first on the tarmac. Luckily I escaped with just a few grazes but no real damage. My Garmin also took a bit of a bashing but aside from a slightly damaged strap and a few scratches on the screen it seems ok. Oh well, I suppose I’ve done well to avoid any accidents until nearly 9 months in to running.
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11 mile LSR
Because of plans for the weekend I brought my long run forward to today and tacked on a long detour around Hampstead Heath to my usual run from work to home, bringing it up to 11 miles. I did it at a nice slow pace and didn’t really struggle at all, though my legs were definitely starting to ache towards the end!
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Work to home, including a 4 mile tempo
Intervals – 4 × 1km at around 7:30 min/mile
Had a bit of a stitch for the final two intervals, which slowed me down a bit, but fairly pleased with managing a pretty fast pace in rather warm weather.
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Long run around Hampstead Heath
Longer run from work to home
Hot mixed pace run
From work to home, including three sub-8 min/mile kilometers, and the long slog up to Highgate Station!
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1k intervals at sub 8 min/mile
After a few weeks building up the mileage in my legs following the knee injury, I felt it was time to aim for some speed today so did some 1km intervals at my former 10K pace. It felt good to run at a decent speed again, and I coped fine with the intervals. I’m still a bit paranoid about my knee so out of caution (and a threatening looking cloud I’ll be honest!) stopped after four miles, but fingers crossed all seems fine and I plan to aim for a longer session on Thursday. Overall though I’m pretty pleased with my first speed session in a while.
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