Friday, 24 August 2007

Another Hard Effort

Completed my second harder effort (150 HR) run of the week today, covering 10 miles in 01:13:44 (07:22 pace) with the middle 8 miles at 07:16 pace. My HR monitor decided to go on a roller coaster ride following the warmup mile registering a HR of 181 for the next 3 miles before dropping to 168 until mile 6. The effort however felt about right which was borne out my 07:16 pace (same pace for an identical run I complete Thursday of last week) . While I felt tired towards the end I think I am reasonably refreshed heading into tomorrow's long run. The average pace for the 10 miles is a few seconds faster than my most optimistic target marathon pace of 07:26 (3:15 Marathon) - I'm no fool however, while I might tough it out for another 10 miles, I'm well aware of the impact the last 6.22 miles of a marathon can have on a otherwise healthy body.
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  1. EwenSaturday, August 25, 2007

    A good 10 miler there Grellan. I hope the 10 goes as well tomorrow.

    They have 4 start waves for the City to Surf. Used to be 3, but in recent years an additional first one is reserved for runners who run sub-75 (5:21/km) in the previous years' race. This cuts down the numbers to about 6,000 in this wave. It's a wide street and I was lucky to move well forward when they moved the dummy start up to the line about 10 minutes before the gun.

    You should do it one year!

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  2. EwenSaturday, August 25, 2007

    Just read my post - meant the 20 tomorrow!

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