The weather has turned colder, rainier and windier..... even more so, and the slightly darker nights are coming in fast. For some reason I find I want to train more in these crappy conditions. Spring and summer running never seems to happen.
Anyway, my legs were a tiny bit stiff after the run on Sunday, so it was a toss up between a swim and a run. I asked peeps what to do on Facebook, they all said swim, so I decided on a run.
I'm fed up driving somewhere to go for a run, so I set off from the house..... a fast walk to the bottom of the hill to warm up, and I was off. The problem in leaving from the house is that it's too hilly, and my legs tire out quickly, although I'm starting to get over this now.....
It was dark, cold but at least not pishing with rain this time. I was fairly happy for the first mile, although it was mostly uphill. I decided to go around Newhouse for a change of scenery, and my watch bleeped the mile marker. I decided to up the pace a bit for the second mile, and damn I felt I was going faster, heart rate was up, breathing was hard and I felt like I was pushing....... sadly the average speed didn't seem to reflect this :? Im putting this down to the slight uphillyness !!!!!
On the way out of Newhouse and into Eurocentral it was mostly downhill, and I felt that I was running faster as a result. Breathing dropped, heart rate also dropped although not as much as expected.
Overall I felt I was pushing quite hard, but the stats say otherwise. I'm right, they are wrong :/
Think 5k was still 27min-ish - again putting this down to the hillyness.
I'm fed up driving somewhere to go for a run, so I set off from the house..... a fast walk to the bottom of the hill to warm up, and I was off. The problem in leaving from the house is that it's too hilly, and my legs tire out quickly, although I'm starting to get over this now.....
It was dark, cold but at least not pishing with rain this time. I was fairly happy for the first mile, although it was mostly uphill. I decided to go around Newhouse for a change of scenery, and my watch bleeped the mile marker. I decided to up the pace a bit for the second mile, and damn I felt I was going faster, heart rate was up, breathing was hard and I felt like I was pushing....... sadly the average speed didn't seem to reflect this :? Im putting this down to the slight uphillyness !!!!!
On the way out of Newhouse and into Eurocentral it was mostly downhill, and I felt that I was running faster as a result. Breathing dropped, heart rate also dropped although not as much as expected.
Overall I felt I was pushing quite hard, but the stats say otherwise. I'm right, they are wrong :/
Think 5k was still 27min-ish - again putting this down to the hillyness.
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