Friday, November 19, 2004
Foggy Fartleks
18/11/04
Struggled to get out of bed this morning. Don't know if it was due to the fact that I only got 4 hours sleep due to heat and humidity or the fact that I had to face some lung busting fartleks. Probably a bit of both.
When I finally rose from my slumber, I was shocked to see a thick fog greeting me. You wouldn't think so now if you live in Sydney and looked out your window. Oh, the joys of rising so early.
Warmed up with 3km in 16:42. Then took off for the first of 6x2minute efforts with a minute jog recovery between each one. First one got the lungs working and the heart racing. From then on, it only got better with the MHR rising 20 beats a minute higher on the last one than the first one. I guess the incline on the 5th one didn't help. Ah, but the joy of it all. Ended up covering around 4.2km in the 17 minutes of efforts. Finished off with a 3.3km warmdown for a total of 10.5km in a tick under 52 minutes.
The legs are feeling a little heavy so it will be 2 light runs in the next 2 days before the 5km at SMC on Sunday.
Struggled to get out of bed this morning. Don't know if it was due to the fact that I only got 4 hours sleep due to heat and humidity or the fact that I had to face some lung busting fartleks. Probably a bit of both.
When I finally rose from my slumber, I was shocked to see a thick fog greeting me. You wouldn't think so now if you live in Sydney and looked out your window. Oh, the joys of rising so early.
Warmed up with 3km in 16:42. Then took off for the first of 6x2minute efforts with a minute jog recovery between each one. First one got the lungs working and the heart racing. From then on, it only got better with the MHR rising 20 beats a minute higher on the last one than the first one. I guess the incline on the 5th one didn't help. Ah, but the joy of it all. Ended up covering around 4.2km in the 17 minutes of efforts. Finished off with a 3.3km warmdown for a total of 10.5km in a tick under 52 minutes.
The legs are feeling a little heavy so it will be 2 light runs in the next 2 days before the 5km at SMC on Sunday.
