That was tonight.
I suppose the cutback week has had its affect. Tonight was a tempo run: 10 miles with the middle 5 at half marathon pace. The route had a hill in the middle, so it was more half marathon effort than pace. It was a club run. I ran with Shelly, who I've always looked up to as a role-model fast runner. I felt great!
One thing though - I may have discovered the reason for the recent bouts of stitch: talking! The last 2 training runs where I've had stitch, was where I was pushing hard and talking at the same time. I started talking to Shelly and immediately started to get stitch. I stopped talking and it subsided. Thinking back to the races, despite not talking quite so much, I was working much harder and trying to get a few words of reply out to Richard on my shoulder. There was also the guy who was chatting me up with a mile to go in the 10k! In that particular case I was only able to grunt a few words back to him. Who the hell chats 5 miles into a 10k?
I think I need to become the strong silent type. Might be tricky!
Back at tonight's tempo run, here's the splits for the middle 5 miles:
| Lap | Pace | bpm | % max HR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:02 | 147 | 85% |
| 2 | 7:12 | 146 | 84% |
| 3 | 7:35 | 147 | 85% |
| 4 | 7:49 | 146 | 84% |
| 5 | 7:52 | 145 | 84% |
That's the fastest club run I've ever done, and my heart rate was nicely under control too!
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