So, I have managed on at least one day a double session. And so, for one day I have trained like an elite athlete!
This morning started with a four mile easy (recovery) run. It took me just over 30 minutes to cover the same route that I took on Monday, enabling me to run under 8 minutes per mile without stretching myself too much. It felt like a good strong run, with enough at the end to power up the hill and run fast (not quite sprinting) alongside the cathedral.
Then this evening was track night with St Alban’s Harriers. Tonight we did a fartlek. This is, I believe, Swedish and basically consists of a steady run with efforts. We ran it in a pyramid. It sounds confusing. We ran for 2.5 minutes at tempo pace, then for 2.5 minutes jogging, then 3 minutes at pace, and 3 minutes slow and so on, increasing by half a minute each time until we got to 5 minutes. Oh, and at various points we turned around too. At least this is what I think we did. I thought I’d set my watch to record how we ran, but when I got home it hadn’t recorded a thing. I know we ran for 45 minutes. And I know I ran a good tempo speed each time we ran fast. Indeed, I think I was getting faster as the night progressed. It is a shame I don’t know how fast I was going, but I had my eyes on some of the faster runners and eventually I was keeping up with them, and they weren’t passing me each time. I think we must have covered around 5 miles, at least if I add in the warm up laps too.
It surprised me; that I could give the speed session on the track a good attempt without feeling overly tired having also run this morning. So, despite the rain putting a dampener on the whole evening, my spirits are still high.
