Back to the tready

As the weather is really nice I feel I ought to make the most of it and do as much running as I can in the woods that are near the office. Yesterday was a case in hand. Lovely day outside and I was scheduled to do a recovery run so nice and easy. For some reason I didn't enjoy it. It was hot and trying to keep the HR down was a chore. I think its because its an undulating route and over tracks and footpaths so you can't settle into a steady rhythm. For future easy runs I'll use the flatter road routes I'll save the cross-country as a treat for the more testing steady runs.

I was due to have some preventative maintence in the shape of a massge at lunchtime today so I had early start on the treadmill. After a couple of weeks of uncertainty about my fitness it was time to let the machine drive the pace and I wouldn't be wearing a HRM to get upset about. Today's session was 4*800m repeats. As I've had a couple of niggles I choose a relatively conservative pace of 6:40 m/m for the reps but this is still a good 10K pace. The good news is I came through the session without any problems at all, still had plenty left in the tank for number 5 if I wanted to. This session cheered me up no end it should my speed is still there its just the aerobic fitness that's a bit lacking at the moment. That's easily sorted with a diet of long slow runs and with 17 weeks to go I've got time to lay down a very solid base.

In the end my massage got cancelled so I wondered over to the outlet shops and had a look at some bum bags which can hold 2 bottles, just perfect for those long summer runs. Hmm - Am I starting to look forward to this training lark again???