Putting things to the test...

Ok, so this weekend is the first test for how my different training has been stacking up. I have been doing plenty of slower than normal long runs in an attempt to get my endurance speed up. Many of the runs 10m plus have been at 9:00 - 9:30 pace (i usually do long runs at 8:00 - 8:30 pace) and the 15 - 18 milers have taken so much longer. My pulse for these long runs i try to keep in the 130's as an attempt to be better at burning fat while running rather than lactose.

This weekend is my first proper distance race since starting this 4 weeks ago (a half marathon) and i know its early days, but i am hoping to see even a tiny improvement on my SB.

As a by-product of all this slow fat burning running i am now the lightest i have been since April 2010 (65.6kg) so this should also help to improve things.

So here are the figures: My last half was in March where i did 1:36:51. I am hoping with this training and the weight loss i should be getting into the 1:35's any better than this will be a bonus.

will update this on Monday 

thanks for reading

Chris


Edit...

Didn't go according to plan. It was warm and sunny and much hillier than i expected - ended up on 1:39:37 which i was not happy with. Oh well until next time :-)