Weekly-Ish Running Update... Discovered Garmin Laps!

So I did TWO interval sessions this week, I just wasn't feeling a standard 5K run, and then I did a 12K on Sunday, which is the furthest I've been in probably a couple of years!

It's been too long since I've gone that long!

For the two intervals, I mixed it up and did one longer and one shorter....

Interval session one...

I was going ton head out for a 5K, but got about 200 metres down the road, turned around and decided to instead do some intervals doing my usual 5K run in reverse.... I figured going that way around would fit better with what i had planned.

So I did 1K warm up and then...

• 1K
• 400 metres
• 200 metres.....

Then repeated.

And chucked in an extra 200 at the end!

My thinking was I wanted to start the first 1K interval at 2Ks and then the second 1K interval at 3Ks.

So with rest periods in between that all works out! i.e.. walking for about 150 metres between each interval enables that.

Of course having done this it then occurred me I have a perfectly good 'laps' function on the Garmin which I can activate with literally one push of a button which measures my pace for any distance I so choose whenever I want to start in a run!

So I used that during my next interval session!

Interval Session 2...

Here I did my standard local intervals, slightly modified as I'd discovered laps...

So I did...after warming up...

• 800 - semi warm up
• 600
• 400
• 400
• 200

I'll probably stick to this, I wish the actual running track was back open, but it's being resurfaced, won't be available until at least July!

Sunday's Long Run

It was damp cool Sunday, but not raining, nice for a run. I did the local circuit, ran the whole thing rather than run-walking which I have been doing for the first third up until now.

Felt pretty good, upped the pace a little for the last 4 Ks, but I was feeling it by the last one, but still happy enough with this!

Final Thoughts...

All in all I'd say a good week's running!

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