Monday morning out for a steady 3 miles (5km) around Kangaroo rise and then a lap of the block. The block for me is 1.71km in length. This provides me with a gauge as to my fitness levels. Earlier in the year I had to work hard to get around the loop in 7 min 30s. This equated to a 7m3sec mile or 4m23s KM.. This was my easy runs. This morning I thought I would run the loop at the end to see what pace I was travelling comfortably at without having to push or work.
The split came in at 6m35s which translated into 6m12s per mile or 3m50s/ km. To me this was significantly faster than 5 weeks ago. Better still when I ran my 6 miler in the afternoon covering the loop in 6m24s (6m2s/mile or s/km). This was better still because my legs felt shot this evening and the perceived effort was considerable harder. I actually thought that I was running lower.
I guess each run is building on the other.. Now if I can just get the sessions to start to feel better.
barrel on Wombats...
About Me
- The Wombat Warrior
- The older I get the better I was... but after many years of idle burrowing the candle of desire is still burning and I have come to realise that running is as much a part of me as my heart and lungs... In Christmas 2008 I was 82kg and was not running a step..This is my journey , the journey of the wombat...Dogged...determined...persistent...and maybe a little grumpy.. but like the wombat my journey is territorial, its about running and I am going to work to protect it...Come along for the ride and see if I can become the wombat warrior. 2009 was a mixed bag for the wombat's journey.A top ten placing in both the Bridges and the City Surf brought a small sense of achievement but also a degree of frustration.... I think I can do better and better I will in 2010. A better run in the Busso Half iron man in support of TV in his swim and bike ride and that was about the extent of my racing. Lets see what happens in 2010 as "My journey Continues". Now in 2011 the wombat will continue his journey, but not alone the wombat has a youngling who knows how to dig. 2015 and its a new beginning , time goes on and the journey to the 2016 World Masters is under way.
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