Cold Winters Night

Been a while I know, but I did manage to get out for a run on Tuesday night. I should imagine the temperature outside must have been about -3'c and ice still heavily visible on the pavements. Only a 40min run tonight incorporating interval training. 

I started of with a 5 min warm up pace, no heart monitor used today, then into normal pace approx 145 beats per min, avoiding most of the ice as best as possible, this  I did for 15 Min's. Then 10 Min's fast pace, normally heart rate approx 165 beats per min, then a 10 min cool down. Nearly went over on the ice but managed to stay on my feet all the way round. 7.35km run at an average pace of 5min31sec per km.

Unfortunately this will be my last blog entry for at least a month as I have just undergone some minor surgery and  I'm unable to do any training for that period, not happy as my first marathon is on the 3rd April 2011, which will put me behind, especially as I was up to 2hr 40mins on my long runs, approx 28kms,but there's not much I can do about that now. 

Later everyone and will be back in the New Year. Happy Christmas to all

Steve

Fartlekking Today

Hi all. What a week it's been, weather and all. I don't know about you but I wasn't going to venture out there and try and run, so it was of to the gym and a session on the Tread Mill. I ran for 45mins with a 5min warm up at a slow pace. No heart monitor here just pace. After the warm up a steady pace 7mph for 10mins, then a 1min sprint then a jog at 6mph for 2min30secs then normal pace was resumed for 2min30sec. This I repeated 5 times and finished at my normal pace. I decided to increase my time to 50mins and managed to run 6miles(10k). 

Once completed a light session on the weights, concentrating on the upper body chest, arms and back, finishing of some core work. A good session and well needed as I haven't been able to train as much as I would have liked. 

One thing I am experiencing at the moment is like a pressure sore on the base of my big toes around where I'm building up some hard skin. Would be great if anyone that does read this have some advice.

Lastly, I had a session of acupuncture today to alleviate a reoccurring lower back pain where my muscles spasm. Can I just say, How deep did he push them needles in my back, I swear he hit bone at one point. I just hope after all this, it solves the problem.

Well, of now and planning my next run, hopefully once the snow melts. 

Later everyone.....

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