The Garmin Forerunner 305 has a great feature where it reads average HR per lap. I used this feature for my Wednesday run, running each mile at successively higher target HRs, hitting each target spot on. This should be useful for Boston where I aim to run at 143bpm for most of the way. I wanted to do this at Cardiff, backing off every time I went over 143, but the result was I was well under a 143 average. I felt I ran too easily in the opening miles of Cardiff, so hopefully at Boston I will be able to keep pushing without overdoing it.
Getting excited now!
| Monday | Rest | Massage p.m. | |
| Tuesday | 7.3 miles | 5*965m @7:40 611m rec | Uphill into the wind on the efforts! |
| Wednesday | 10 miles | Slow run 8:45/mile 117bpm | played with running to HR, did miles 2-10 at 114, 115, 116...122 paces 8:57 to 8:27 |
| Thursday | 7.82 miles | Recce'd the new club handicap course. 8:19/mile 128bpm | Bruised knee on kissing gate I didn't realise was latched! |
| Friday | 5 miles | Easy run 9:12/mile 111bpm | |
| Saturday | 5 miles | ran 3 miles at marathon pace or faster. paces/HRs: 1ml 7:32 133, 0.5ml 7:30 139, 1ml 7:25 144, 0.5ml 7:41 143. | The 0.5 ml were mostly into the wind so tricky to make any judgements on the data |
| Sunday | 12 miles | Steady run 8:22/mile 124bpm 72%MHR | Beautiful day. Cold out of the sun, but stripped to crop top for some of run. Fastest 'long' run yet! |
| Total | 47.1 miles |
2 comments:
Good luck Susie!
All the training has been done, now just the little matter of going out there on the day and doing it remaining...
Have a good one, Susie!
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