Just two runs this week which is a little disappointing but not altogether surprising given the wet weather.
Run 1 was a negative split run with the Plymouth Musketeers on Thursday evening – this is a run where you run out from the start for a set amount of time (25 minutes in this case) at a comfortable pace and then turn straight around and run back the same route, and so the same distance, but in less time. I did the return leg in about 21.5 minutes, so the run was roughly 9 minute/mile pace on the outward leg and 8 minute/mile for the return. It was a great run, only the second time I have done the negative split run but it is certainly one of my favourite club runs.
Run 2 was just a quick run in between rain showers on Sunday. Because I knew I wasn’t going to be out long I decided to run some hills some I ran down to the Peverell Park roads and the zig-zagged up and down some of them, pushing myself as hard as possible on the ups and relaxing/recovering on the downs. I have to say that it wasn’t the most fun I have had running; I think I went a little hard up the first few hills and then paid for it on the later ones. But it was still good to get out and do some useful work.
Tim O'Hare 