Hooray!
Today I decided to learn some lessons from last weeks’ bad attempt. The plan was 6 miles fartlek, so I decided (after listening to them talking about intervals on marathon talk, see I told you I go on about it a lot) to have some 3 minute intervals in the middle. I warmed up nice and slowly for 2 miles (actually it was just over 2 miles in 21 minutes), then I did 3 minutes of faster running (hard work, but not flat out as I had to maintain it for that long), then a minute of jogging to recover. I repeated the intervals 5 times, and then did another mile and a bit to cool down. Altogether I managed just under 6 miles in 57 minutes, so not a bad average time either.
I was well hydrated, I did not have an apple, and I visited the bathroom before I went out, and I felt good during the run. I feel the need for some foam rolling now though!
I had to have a very lukewarm shower (that turned cold) as I had forgotten to put on the hot water. Oops. But I had some yummy chickpea stew to warm me up after 🙂 Love those freezer meals!
On another note, thanks to all the comments on the post yesterday. I really enjoyed Born to Run and I hope other people will do. It is quite cheap here
Night 🙂
Ok, I’m working backwards through your old posts, so I didn’t see what went wrong with the last lot of intervals, but I can tell you that when I ate apple in Berlin it screwed with my stomach something rotten! Cramps like nothing else :-/
Looking forward to reading about Born to Run. I picked it up and put it down last Friday, in Favour of Feet in the Clouds. I’ll let you know how that goes. Maybe we can swap 🙂
Oh I like the idea of a swapsie 🙂 Like a post library! I have seen that book and it also sounded great.
Last monday I got weird stomach pains during my intervals and my legs went like jelly. But all good now.
Sounds like you had a fab run – well done you! How’s the foam rolling going? I’ve seen it on a few blogs but have no real idea what it’s all about/what the benefits are.
Yay for a great interval sesh! Well done- pretty darn speedy overall time! 😀
Woohoo for intervals!! That’s my biggest obstacle. I’m fine with just running at a single speed, it’s mixing it up that’s hard!
Stacey- I have been loving the foam roller- it is a bit sore on some muscles but it seems to be helping me be less stiff. JAG put a link to her blog which had a link to a u-tube clip which is worth a look (I have no idea how to put a clip on my blog!).
Thanks Emma-trying to make myself keep to pace!
Mary- yeah I am not good at mixing it up either but I am trying to follow the plan!
I wonder what it is about apples that makes them a no no? Certainly looks like that might have been the culprit.
Feet in the Clouds is an excellent read.
Sounds like a great run! I really need to start using my foam roller again, I used it last week and it hurt like hell so obviously my muscles are needing it!
Great job on the intervals! Cold shower is no fun though 🙁 especially running in this cold weather!
Rob- I think I have read something about the fibre or something of apples which is digested in a funny way, so I am going to leave them until after running from now on!
Laura- I never expected the foam roller to hurt, but at least you know it is doing good!
Laura- Thanks for that- I am going to make myself love them!