Tough 22 Miles 1 March 2013

I ran a similar route as the 20 miler I did last week with a few estate roads added on at Cantley and Auckley.

I ran with 1.5l water and three gels setting off at 09:00.  At 1 mile I stripped off my long sleeve top and gloves and hid them in a bush.

I took my first gell at about 3 miles, the second at about 9 miles and the third at about 15 miles.  I ran out of water at 20 miles and had to get some more from Cantley Garage, I had been rationing it for a few miles and was starting to get a headache.

Starting to run after stopping for a couple of minutes was difficult, I tried to finish strong.

This run was tougher than the long run last weekend and I did not feel great.  The pace was quicker though.  22 Miles in 2:38:18 @ 7:12 minute miles) AvHR 151.

1) – 1m – 7:13(7:13/m) – 181bpm avge – 222bpm max – 19cal
2) – 1m – 7:07(7:07/m) – 162bpm avge – 182bpm max – 35cal
3) – 1m – 7:06(7:06/m) – 148bpm avge – 153bpm max – 106cal
4) – 1m – 7:09(7:09/m) – 148bpm avge – 159bpm max – 105cal
5) – 1m – 7:08(7:08/m) – 151bpm avge – 157bpm max – 101cal
6) – 1m – 7:19(7:19/m) – 152bpm avge – 157bpm max – 111cal
7) – 1m – 7:05(7:05/m) – 149bpm avge – 154bpm max – 103cal
8) – 1m – 7:07(7:07/m) – 149bpm avge – 155bpm max – 103cal
9) – 1m – 7:00(7:00/m) – 147bpm avge – 155bpm max – 96cal
10) – 1m – 7:15(7:15/m) – 148bpm avge – 153bpm max – 101cal
11) – 1m – 7:23(7:23/m) – 146bpm avge – 151bpm max – 88cal
12) – 1m – 7:04(7:04/m) – 149bpm avge – 153bpm max – 99cal
13) – 1m – 7:09(7:09/m) – 150bpm avge – 155bpm max – 101cal
14) – 1m – 7:10(7:10/m) – 149bpm avge – 153bpm max – 97cal
15) – 1m – 7:12(7:12/m) – 148bpm avge – 151bpm max – 87cal
16) – 1m – 7:14(7:14/m) – 147bpm avge – 151bpm max – 84cal
17) – 1m – 7:08(7:08/m) – 147bpm avge – 154bpm max – 83cal
18) – 1m – 7:16(7:16/m) – 146bpm avge – 150bpm max – 75cal
19) – 1m – 7:15(7:15/m) – 150bpm avge – 154bpm max – 92cal
20) – 1m – 7:28(7:28/m) – 148bpm avge – 156bpm max – 87cal
21) – 1m – 7:18(7:18/m) – 146bpm avge – 151bpm max – 66cal
22) – 1m – 7:12(7:12/m) – 149bpm avge – 153bpm max – 85cal

First track session for ages – 26 February 2013

Felt ok going into this session:

2.68 mile warm up, 2.08 mile warm down and in the middle 12 x 600m with 60 second recovery, last few were tough:

1) – 0.39m – 2:14(5:41/m) – 144bpm avge – 159bpm max – 24cal
2) – 0.39m – 2:10(5:37/m) – 148bpm avge – 166bpm max – 30cal
3) – 0.38m – 2:11(5:42/m) – 149bpm avge – 164bpm max – 29cal
4) – 0.39m – 2:11(5:38/m) – 152bpm avge – 166bpm max – 29cal
5) – 0.39m – 2:13(5:44/m) – 150bpm avge – 163bpm max – 29cal
6) – 0.39m – 2:12(5:43/m) – 152bpm avge – 164bpm max – 28cal
7) – 0.39m – 2:12(5:44/m) – 151bpm avge – 164bpm max – 29cal
8) – 0.39m – 2:10(5:36/m) – 155bpm avge – 166bpm max – 31cal
9) – 0.39m – 2:16(5:49/m) – 152bpm avge – 163bpm max – 30cal
10) – 0.39m – 2:15(5:49/m) – 151bpm avge – 162bpm max – 30cal
11) – 0.39m – 2:15(5:48/m) – 152bpm avge – 163bpm max – 30cal
12) – 0.39m – 2:16(5:54/m) – 152bpm avge – 161bpm max – 32cal