Hills, hills and more hills
October 30, 2011Didn’t get out this week as much as I planned but when I did it was all about the hills!
Did 4 miles on Wednesday all within Bellahouston Park, doing hill reps. I didn’t exactly just do reps up and down, I did loops round different hills, going up, around and down and didn’t let myself stop which was good for me and then I went round to the steps and did 5 reps up and down.
Yesterday I did the parkrun in Pollock Park, well known for being a hilly route and took 1 min and 15 secs off my pb with my sis-in-law taking 30 secs off hers too. It’s still nowhere near what I should be running but at least it’s still going in the right direction- and every time so far as well.
Today Neal and I went out and did 20 miles on the WHW- Drymen to 3 miles beyond Balmaha and back, going back over Conic Hill again. On our way down Conic the first time there was a huge bunch of cub scouts going up and they were a bit stunned to see us – well they were even more stunned when they saw us going up again when they were on their way down. I also got some really strange looks stomping up eating sweet potato!
It’s always tough going back up that way again especially after 13 miles already and once up already and the average pace for the run overall really doesn’t reflect how hard I worked over the whole run, which is a bit annoying. I then really wanted under 5 hrs (sounds so long for 20 miles but trying to remember the hills!) and so was at near breaking point over the last 4 miles trying to do it, good practice I suppose!
Drymen – Balmaha – 1hr 40mins, 7 miles, 14.26m/m pace
Balmaha – Balmaha – 6 miles, 1hr 23 mins, 13.57m/m pace
Balmaha – Drymen – 1hr 50mins, 7 miles, 15.55m/m pace
Total – 20 miles, 4.57.50,14.55m/m pace
