02-04-2011, 09:59 AM
Hi TheEd - hope you are having a good start to the weekend.
I did the 4k TT today.
I ran it on the exact same course as last October. It is a 800m road loop in a local park. There is a slight incline,but nothing much. The weather was ok - with a medium wind. The park is quite sheltered by big trees, which helped keep down the wind effect.
I did it in 14:01. I was pleased with that and it compared favourably with previous efforts of 15:02 in July 2010 and 14:20 in October 2010.
I ran it hard but controlled and felt in a good groove. I ran the last 300m harder. I did not take any splits as I wanted to concentrate on running relaxed and not stress about times / paces. The ave Hr was 167 with a max at the end of 172 (my max HR is 177). I felt I ran this at a sort of 5k road race intensity ....
My legs were good today and I recovered very quickly after the TT. Shame it was not a 5K road race as I would have bettered my PB on todays form!
Is it time to start on the training cycles now? I feel ready.
Best wishes
Dave
I did the 4k TT today.
I ran it on the exact same course as last October. It is a 800m road loop in a local park. There is a slight incline,but nothing much. The weather was ok - with a medium wind. The park is quite sheltered by big trees, which helped keep down the wind effect.
I did it in 14:01. I was pleased with that and it compared favourably with previous efforts of 15:02 in July 2010 and 14:20 in October 2010.
I ran it hard but controlled and felt in a good groove. I ran the last 300m harder. I did not take any splits as I wanted to concentrate on running relaxed and not stress about times / paces. The ave Hr was 167 with a max at the end of 172 (my max HR is 177). I felt I ran this at a sort of 5k road race intensity ....
My legs were good today and I recovered very quickly after the TT. Shame it was not a 5K road race as I would have bettered my PB on todays form!
Is it time to start on the training cycles now? I feel ready.
Best wishes
Dave