4.5 mile progressive tempo run today. 15 minutes warm up hr zones 1/2, 20 minutes tempo hr zones 3/4 and 5 minutes cool down. On the route I used there’s a deceptive climb towards a major road junction which can take it out of you if not careful which is why these days I prefer to drop my pace so I can save heart rate for the final part of the run. Apart from that progress towards Chester Half Marathon going well #running#halfmarathontraining#temporunning#runnersofmastodon#oldguysrule
A frustrating day today 😖 following Polar Flow half marathon training plan, today was 6 x 4 min intervals with 13 min w/u, had to stop that as chest strap was reading low and reset 😔 luckily these days I bring my optical arm monitor too. Did a few dynamic stretches and drills before the interval part which was a tough workout. Don’t think I completed more than one fast part without slowing so lots of improvement needed #running#halfmarathontraining#runnersofmastodon#mastorunners#oldguysrule
Finished the year with a half marathon which originally was just going to be a 2hr easy run was feeling good around 15km so decided to up the pace and hr to complete the 21km distance. On the whole even though there’s been set backs this year, its been very productive, very enjoyable and cathartic and extremely happy with a total of 2268 km distance ran/walked for 2023 #running#longrun#halfmarathon#adidasrunning#runningcommunity#runnersofmastodon#mastorunners#oldguysrule
Well that didn’t go entirely to plan. Manchester Half Marathon this morning was going well for the first 16km/10 miles even clocking a 54 minute 10k but then a problem with my left quad meant slowing down drastically to try and prevent pain being unbearable to run so ended up run/walking the last 3 miles. I have a feeling it could have been the choice of footwear caused the problem 🤷🏻♂️ #running#ManchesterHalfMarathon#runningcommunity#runnersofmastodon#mastorunners#oldguysrule