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10K Training – Day 14: Getting Faster – Day 10

Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5km 5:40 – 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 28:20 – 29:00 min

Achieved: 5km at 4.53 min/km. *REALLY* good run: three new PBs:

  • Cooper (12 min) — 2.77 km
  • 3 miles — 22:58 mins
  • 5 km — 24:05 mins

Next run: Thursday – 3km Intervals 5:23 – 5:47 min/km

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10K Training – Day 13: Getting Faster – Day 9

Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo, Strava

Target: 5km 7:45 min/km. Completion time: 38:45 min

Achieved: 5.11 km, 5.27 min/km. Ahead of target range, and a decent run. Still having trouble keeping my pace, though

Next run: Tuesday – 5km 5:40 – 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 28:20 – 29:00 min

London Marathon record-breaker Simon Freeman shows you how to save money and get fit with run commute | Metro News

Commuting to work. Feasible for some, not very much so for others. For me, this is the equivalent of running a Half Marathon each way. Probably not possible right now, but if I could do that, then I would be doing an Annette.

London Marathon record-breaker Simon Freeman shows you how to save money and get fit with run commute | Metro News.

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10K Training – Side Run #2

Tracks: ZR, Endomondo

Side run — not on my training schedule, but felt like I could use it.

2.86 km — 6:25 min/km

10K Training – Day 12: Getting Faster – Day 8

Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo

Target: 5km 5:40 – 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 28:20 – 29:00 min

Achieved: 5.15 km 5:56 min/km. Over my target range so need to practise my pacing better.

Next run: Monday — 5km 7:45 min/km. Completion time: 38:45 min

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10K Training – Day 11: Getting Faster – Day 7

Tracks: ZR (Beta track here), Endomondo

Target: 3 km Intervals 5:24 – 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 16:12 – 17:24 min

Achieved: 2.68 km, 5:30 min/km. Interesting run. This is the first time I’ve seriously tried to use the Zombie Chases option inside the Zombies, Run! app. The first chase happened at 0.47 km into the run. Easily evaded since I was pretty fresh into the run. The second chase happened 2.44 km into the run. I got caught this time. :-(. Interestingly fun, though.

Chases require you to go around 15% faster than your current speed, and can go up to a minute in sprinting. If you put enough distance between yourself and the zombie, you evade them. If you last more than a minute, you evade them. The chase started at 100m and I managed to get 110m between myself and the first zombie.

When the second chase happened, I hadn’t fully recovered from the first chase, so I got caught. But still, it helps push my training. I’m going to keep using this. Maybe I can throw it in during my long runs to help put some variety in my training.

Next run: Saturday — 5km 5:40 – 5:48 min/km. Completion time: 28:20 – 29:00 min

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10K Training – Delayed Run #2

Today’s 3 km run has been delayed to tomorrow. ZR app again decided not to play with gmusicfs. I think as soon as I successfully resync, I’m going to backup everything. I think I’ll have to put back my mp3 collection onto my phone (which is what I was trying to avoid) and use that.