3k ladder @ Noranda
500m-1min 48.68/1km-4min.03.22 /// 1km-4min.15.33/500m-1min 51.13
Heart rates; 168/183 /// 180/186. Rests 4min 30ish...
Finished 8 hours worth of hard yakka work in Morley, and cos' I was pretty close to home and had the sense to pack my training gear in the car this morning, I headed for the track on the way home, to get in a quick ladder session to sharpen up my speed a bit. Was way too worn out from work to do anything particuarly hardcore, but figured a cruisy 500m/1km/1km/500m wouldn't be too daunting to get done quickly, and if I get to planned 10k reps, 2k reps or 4k reps later in the week, this session will help me to be ready to really go after some decent times. Have done too much running around 4.30-5min per K (in races) and 5.45-7min per K in my long runs, so feel the need to do some intense work around the 4min flat per km zone, and to get some heart rates in the 180's as I need some high intensity work if I am to be fit enough to go deep after the 3hrs.25-3.40 marathon time, sort of zone. Lights were on at the track and some runners there running 600m's just as I finished my session. Ran with the heavy inserts in my shoes (can't risk anymore blisters!), which felt a little awkward sometimes, and certainly felt heavy made it hard to maintain fast pace, but that can only make me stronger. In the 500's i was hitting the first 100m in 18 secs, and the 4.03 1km felt good. I knew I had worked it fairly strongly (as evidenced by the heart rate of 183), but still felt I had a little left, so pleasing to get that one on the board. Struggled a bit to hold it together in the 3rd and 4th reps, probably due to (a) tired legs from the 8 hour slog at work, and (b) not having done reps since the 10k reps I did on May 20th so about 3 weeks ago. Shame shame shame on me (as derryn H used to say), for not doing reps for 3 weeks! Hopefully I can get 1 or 2 more hardcore sessions done at some stage this week, maybe if I do it on Saturday, and do my long run on Sunday that might do it....Other thought is maybe I will run the first 16km of my long run very hard to simulate a time trial and then cruise the next 16-19k after that...so I can get my time trial over 16k as well as my long one done in the one session since I am so time poor these days...
Reps and 16k time trial the main priorities this week followed by 32k-35k long run...
So nice to get the week off to a good start, heres hoping it all comes together this week. Must sort out watch and shoes issues........2 more sleeps until payday...
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