14.26km run at lunchtime with Philippe. A bit more energetic than my usual training run as we know he is ultra competitive and likes to lead from the front. However its a lot closer in the running than it is on the bike so I'm not as easy to drop on the run, especially on the up hills :O). It was a nice pace and we had 10K clocked off in 47:32 and the full 14.26K in 1hr 09min. We had a couple of brief stops for Philippe's dodgy knee but I suspect its not going to stop him on the big day. Its time to let go of the liferaft :O). I'd say at the current pace he will be looking for around a 6hr finish. Which will be more than enough time for him to finish,recover, pick up his medal, get a table and order me lunch and a beer.
Todays HRM image attached, you can see I was working a bit harder than usual and that my heart rate was a little higher(159 average) than the last image(155 average) but the course I was on today has more hills and my pace varied much more than I'd normally have on a training run. The sprints were good fun as its not normally something I do, especially not the last km.
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Hehe yes indeed very fun run... I am glad I had you fooled running upfront. I thought if I ran behind you I might never be able to hang in there.. You are not called 'Running Man' for no reason... :) My heart rate stats will back this up. (170 avg and 192 max)compared to the Running man's' easy 159 avg...
ReplyDeleteThe knee is very sore despite the easy impression I apparently gave. I am still crossing fingers I get the ok next week from the knee specialist.
All in all a very very fun run though... lots of pace changes to trick the running star into a false rythm but impossible to drop him off or catch the King of the mountains on the hills ...
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lol, balls of steel sir. You kept pushing all the time even when I could hear you puffing like a steam train. The ability to keep pushing yourself at a level that is uncomfortable is a great tool to have in your bag. I need to get some of that from somewhere, my body likes to be under control and so I'm just naturally slower than is actually physically possible.
ReplyDeletehaha well I don't know about balls of steel but surely my legs are feeling that way after our run.. :) This is definitely the fastest run I have had in a long time. I would have never pulled a time like that on my own.... Thanks for pushing me all the way... so that I could reach my actual physically possible.. :)
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