Found this in this month’s Runners World. A useful guide to picking realistic target times based on your shorter run pace.
My current 5K averages at around 30-32min so that gives me a HM targe tof 2:18 hr to 2:27 hr for my HM. Which sounds about right – when I last did a 17K run, I did so in about 2 hours, so add an extra 3K onto that (and the fatigue), which put me at around 2:30 hr.
Yes, I finally got onto Twitter. Makes for updating my blog a bit easier, since I can copy then share my run details via Twitter. Still need to learn the kinks in Twitter though. Still don’t like what Twitter did to TweetDeck, though…
I tried a different route, combining a lap in the park with my bigger 5K lap.
On the plus side, my 5K timing is still around 30 mins at 30:22, but considering my record is 24:29. that indicates how much I have laxed in my running.
Goal: Tempo Run - 10 min warm up, 10 min tempo (6:34 pace), 10 min cool down – target dist: 4.06
Achieved: 3.2k in 23:57
A pretty wet day, and the time I decided to go out running, I ended up running through clouds of flies and midges. Very off-putting, so I changed direction, and ran through the back roads, ending back at my house with 6 mins to spare on my cool down phase. I was above my target pace on my tempo phase, but below my target phase during my warm-up/cool-down phases.
I started a new job this week, and the hours have thrown my schedule out of whack somewhat. The new office has a gym so I did some treadmill running on Friday, but I can't figure out how to track that on Endomondo without having to type it in manually.