Tuesday was speed session day again. After last weeks abortive attempt I decided, rather than try to move on to the next step, to run that session again the way it should have been run!
It was a lovely evening for a run round the park, and I wasn't alone. I concentrated on the job in hand, though, and was pretty happy with how it went.
In interval 1 I averaged 5:51, interval 2 5:44, 3 5:50 and 4 6:03. Not exactly consistent but as my target was 'about' 6:00 and my average was 8 seconds per mile faster I'll take that. Looking at my pace profile analysis I think some of the fluctuations were down to poor timing of the two minute intervals - starting the stopwatch before I was up to speed or stopping it after I'd slowed.
Perhaps I should ignore pace and concentrate on perceived effort.
This evening was another warm one - I even wore my shades when facing anywhere near West - and we were soon getting hot and sweaty. Despite this Joe went pretty well and we recorded one of our faster times.
We'll be skipping next weeks run as we've both decided to run the BRAT 5km race from Rowheath Pavilion on Thursday night - the first of a series of three monthly races. That means I'll also miss my usual run home from work. I did consider, for about a nanosecond, running the six miles or so home afterwards!
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