Now don’t get excited! This run was part of the training plan I’m following. It should be called ‘Faster finish than usual run’!
I love this training plan, although I’ve stopped posting after every run as it was getting boring. It’s not boring for me, though - doing them is fun! I’m good at following instructions and I’ve continued to do 3 runs a week.. I also have to do a strength workout after each run. Last week, I did a speed intervals run which practically broke me 🤣. And there is more of the same coming up! Hill repeats on Thursday - HELP 🤣
I was looking forward to the run this morning. Back home after a week away I decided on my usual route up to the pond, the back way through the trees. It’s a warm day here and the humidity was high, but with a slow run like this, the humidity tends to affect me afterwards rather than during the run.
I wore a long sleeved top and running tights. Probably a mistake with the tights as my legs were a bit warm towards the end!
The run that I did this morning was an easy one. 5 minutes in effort zone 1. 20 minutes in zone 2, with a faster finish in Zone 3 for 10 minutes. Zone 3 is described as ‘neither pushing nor holding back’. So at the end I could have carried on and was not out of breath.
I really enjoyed it, looking at the changing colours. People watching! Plenty of dog walkers about and other runners. All running faster than me 😊. Listening to my music and not pushing myself on the run, just concentrating on my effort now and then. I’m getting used to the zones so I don’t have to focus on them all the time now - just the occasional correction, usually because I’ve realised I’m putting too much effort in. My stats on Strava showed me I’d got it right, with a clear division between the zones.
At the end of my 10 minutes in Zone 3, the workout was done, but I jogged slowly for a few minutes and walked a bit. What a great run, it worked on so many levels.
Pic is from a long walk in the Churnet Valley in Staffs where I was last week! 😊
