Week 2 - Good numbers - Day 8 of 112

Out of bed like a shot this morning. It is odd how sometimes you cannot even think of putting one foot outside the duvet in the morning and there are others that it doesn't even cross your mind. That having been said there are probably more of the former than the later in the middle of January/ February.

In front at Boston

Easy classed run this morning as it always is on a Monday which is at around 8 minute mile pace. The idea is to concentrate on running form and more importantly to recover from the long run the day before. Felt great today. Heart rate was averaging at 137 at an 8.10 mile pace and the cadence was nice and high. There was a stretch coming back from the canal where it all seemed to click with the cadence up at 95, breathing nice and easy and the pace good. The secret is to bottle that up and remember what it felt like as the weeks roll on.

I am training to heart rate and have done so in since I got my Garmin. The perceived wisdom is that as you get fitter you require less exertion on your heart to go at the same pace ie. less beats per minute to run at a certain pace.. Therefore  if you train to heart rate ie perform sessions where you need to attain/maintain a certain heart rate then if follows that you will get quicker. I think I've got that. You also need to train as you race. If you train slow then you will run slow. So really it is all about putting in the miles at a good level of effort. This is what I really love about running. There is no place to hide and no excuses. If you don't train hard you won't perform. The numbers don't lie.

Weigh in this morning was 81kgs - 178.57lbs. Ideal race weight is probably somewhere near 78-79kgs so not too much to lose in the coming months.

Todays numbers - 5 miles - 41.00mins - 8.10 pace - 83.5 avg cadence - 137 avg bpm