Speed

On account of the huge pea and paneer curry with rice and naan I had for lunch today, I thought I'd better really make an effort on today's run.

Stomach still pretty full and complete with a strange burning sensation, off Ruby and I set along to the barn.  Usually when I do any kind of speedwork, I choose a route which is reasonably flat and with with even terrain.  Today, however, I decided to do my speed session on the kind of terrain I like to race on, i.e. hills and trails.

We did a mile warm up and then did 5 x 1 minute bursts of speed with 1 minute recovery x 3 sets (15 minutes of speed altogether).  The first four were the best as it was reasonably flat for these.  The fifth one, however, was the worst of the lot but this wasn't so much to do with the fact that it was slightly uphill but more due to it taking place on a very narrow path where Ruby trotted along in front and wouldn't go any faster.  I couldn't get past her so had to write that one off really.

The rest were all reasonably similar and all in all I was really pleased with our performance as it was pretty rocky underfoot and practically all uphill.  It was really hard work and I feel like we had a great session which left us both pretty worn out.

We then warmed down for the mile and a half back home and, once home, I did some core, glute and arm work.

Total distance - 5.55 miles