Sunday Run

Idea was to run out for an easy 10 miles or so comming back hard.

Too much champers the night before and going to bed after midnight did not help. Dave and Paul came along today and we rattled out the eight easy miles straight forwardly enough. Although, Dave must get a mention for his comment on "So where exactly are we?" as we came through the last field before the Nicky line (the footpath seemed to have gone) only to be amazed that we were at Redbourn. Shortly after joining the Nickly line some 5 mins later he announces this is one of his fav. runs! Hmmm minutes ago you'd no idea where we were. Effectively running the route "backwards" from the normal way. This has two advantages, firstly we dont need to run back up Crabtree lane and secondly we finish with nearly 3 miles of clear wide footpath (ok some uphill) for that hard finish.

In the end we did three reps, pushing hard for a point, regrouping and pushing off again. Great stuff and nothing like running fast on a sunny Sunday morning.

Heart rate climbed streadly through the reps, maxing out at the sprint finishes at 165-170 and with an instant recovery to 130 (below the easy run level of 135) that seems about right too. Hard to say what the average min/miles on the reps were but seemed to be around the 6:20 mark so again roughly right.