Saturday, April 14, 2012

Varying the pace

Today was a total of 12 miles broken up as follows:

2 warm-up
2 @ marathon pace
1 @ 10km pace
2 relaxed
2 @ marathon pace
1 @ 10km pace
2 warm-down

It was very sunny and bright but was also windy. I ran local and cheated so that I had the wind directly behind for both the miles at 10km pace. That was fine though it meant I had 2 nasty efforts into the wind running at marathon pace. Robbing Peter to pay Paul and all that.

The run was continuous (no breaks). The times for the quicker miles were:

5:37/5:39/5:18

5:44/5:46/5:15

All up 19.3km in 1:17:40 (average 4:01/km pace). Still not on top form though I feel better than I did yesterday. A few beers tonight and I'll be flying again.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have a lovely picture of you giving two fingers to a bus-load of tourists at the finish line of a race in Spiddal last year, that denied you your victorious race finish! Such a display of sportsmanship and just what Bord Failte needs, from an Englishman, no less!!!

Anonymous said...

In defence of Matt, nearly being run over by a bus during the final sprint of a road race would result in a little annoyance in most people (especially when you are winning!). I also think that racist comments like that are outdated and uncool....

Anonymous said...

You misread my comment, or rather I miswrote it. I am the Englishman!
Sorry for the confusion, as it was only a lighthearted comment. Yours in running...

BeerMatt said...

Thanks for the comments - no offence taken! I'd like to see that photo - my annoyance was aimed at the coach driver and not the tourists. Whoops. Keep on running!

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