So, just two weeks to go to Doomben. How is your training going
Iain, P? I take it we are the only fools running in this.
I had my last long hit out this morning. 19.5Km in that howling wind was pretty tough.
http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/australi...a/149946456245
I was happy to finish it in 1:37 even though I wasn't trying to set a time. I just wanted to cover the distance and put the Km's into the legs. What surprised me was how low I was able to keep my heart rate (ave.151, max. 163bpm). I know I wasn't running at race pace, but it wasn't too far off it and I expected the heart to be working harder.
I don't plan on doing anything over 8km for the next 2 weeks. I'll still keep the intensity up on the shorter runs, but the longer runs will be pure recovery. Next Sunday I have a 5 hour bush walk planned instead of my long run.