Decided to up my distance today. Ran a larger circuit that took my past the local cinema and had a few slight inclines and a negative gradient towards the end (or a positive gradient if I go the other way around)

Pace was 6:10 min/km, and 4.37 km, though I probably could have gotten to 5 km if I had finished the last bit without dropping to walk.

Raining today, so went to the new gym where I recently registered as a member (free since I’m a resident of the area, but then I’m only allowed to use that gym). As a consequence, instead of paying £8.75 to use the gym, I only have to pay £4.55.

Ran 4 km in 25:31, with the speed set at 9.5 km/h for the whole run.

Running on Christmas Day ahead of the Xmas dinner tonight.

Nothing major, 5:36 pace, 3.23 km, but got frustrated with several groups of people blocking the entire footpath during my laps.

Picked up my FitBit and reinstalled the running partner app on it and attempted to run 2km in a target of 15 mins. Did it in 11mins according to the app, but Strava logged it as 1.91km in 10:45. Strange, considering both are powered by the same data…

First training entry for a while, I’ve been lacking in motivation recently to post anything.

Nothing major about today’s run, just a quick lap around the park, 2.12km, 5:52 pace, way slower than the 5:22 PB I have.

Couple of days away from home and no time to run. Came back and did a 1.5 lap around the park.

Broke no records with this, and at 5:55, was slower than my last run of 5:27. Weather didn’t help though, at nearly 25C

Did another lap around the park, but went clockwise instead of anti-clockwise.

And beat my PB for that way around the park.

Pace was 5:22. Previous PB was 5:35.

Next task is to get to two laps around that park, which should take me to about 4-4.5km.

A quick lap around the park. Felt fast and good, but it turns out I was a 5:27, 0:08 slower than my best time. But the chart looks good:

The pace/HR chart also looks okay. Speed (top line) drops at corners, as expected. The last drop is when I’m turning two corners, and I’m under trees, so the GPS probably dropped out.

The HR (bottom line) was fairly stable between 155 and 170 bpm.

After several days of hot weather, it’s cooled down enough for me to get running again. Did my 3k lap and stopped part way to check out the new Leisure Centre that’s opened in New Barnet. 5:50 min/km pace.

A hot day today, 30degC in fact, did one lap around the park, and the sweat was pouring, not from exertion, but from the heat.

Also I’ve noticed. Those dips you see in the chart? They are when I’m turning a sharp corner. I guess since I’m not sprinting through the corner, the GPS logs it as a slow speed. Interesting fact I’ll have to bear in mind for future.

What’s even more interesting, is that FitBit logs the run slightly differently

You can see the dips here too, but definitely not as extreme as the one in Strava.