Just had to share this with everyone
Went to the club last night not feeling 100% but as I have said before, joining a club makes you go out when you don't always feel like it.
So I had a look at the trianing plan and it was a route I hadnt done before so instantly I was looking forward to it.
We left in a tight group and ran for about a mile as the warm up, and then we arrived at the start of the training section. Basically it was run as hard as you can for 700m. The route was a circle around some warehouses / buildings and everytime you get back to the start you had a 90second recovery.
So, we all started off in one group and I was feeling quite good. After the first lap the group split up in to 3 groups depending on your pace. I was pleased to find I was sitting in the 2nd group and at the front of the group as well
The first group had to do 7 laps, the group I was in did 6 laps and I think the group behind us also did 6 laps.
On the 5th lap I was starting to hurt but I kept on pushing up the hill towards the start/finish and the fast runners were almost lapping us!! Right! I thought, Im going to give it my all on this last lap and boy did I!
I got half way round and thought I was going to be sick but I kept on pushing, got to the bottom of the hill and dug deep and pushed up the hill. I did get passed by one of the other runners in my group but I didnt care, I couldnt have given any more if I had tried.
Was a bit annoyed I forgot to setup my garmin correctly so I can't see what my pace was for each lap but looking at the graph I was going from about 4:51/mi to 7:31/mi, I reckon the average was probably just below the 7:00/mi so I am really really pleased with that and now that my training starts for Edinburgh Marathon and Alloa 1/2 I hope my pace will increase over this year.
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