Last night saw a return to the track at Chester -le- Street. The evening was clear and sunny and with temperatures around 13C it was good conditions, despite the persistent breeze down the home straight. The session was 6 x 600 with 2 mins jog recovery and a target of 2 mins per effort.
My target time turned out to be a little ambitious as I recorded times of :
2.02; 2.04; 2.08; 2.06; 2.09; 2.09
But still at this point in time I am happy with the session and after recent history am viewing the fact that I got the session in as a bonus.
Following last Tuesday's track session I played it cautious and did a Gym session on the Wednesday. Thursday though, I let enthusiasm get the better of me. The plan was for a 4 mile steady run. When, however I reached the turn off to take me back home I decided to extend the loop making it 6 miles, then again when I reached the next turn off I again decided to extend the run by a further 2 miles.
The last mile now became quite a steep climb and unfortunately left my knees very painful. As a result I did not run the following 2 days, although on Sunday I did manage an easy 8 miles on much gentler terrain.
S0 the plan for the rest of the week is to kerb the enthusiasm a little and build up a little more sensibly.
My target time turned out to be a little ambitious as I recorded times of :
2.02; 2.04; 2.08; 2.06; 2.09; 2.09
But still at this point in time I am happy with the session and after recent history am viewing the fact that I got the session in as a bonus.
Following last Tuesday's track session I played it cautious and did a Gym session on the Wednesday. Thursday though, I let enthusiasm get the better of me. The plan was for a 4 mile steady run. When, however I reached the turn off to take me back home I decided to extend the loop making it 6 miles, then again when I reached the next turn off I again decided to extend the run by a further 2 miles.
The last mile now became quite a steep climb and unfortunately left my knees very painful. As a result I did not run the following 2 days, although on Sunday I did manage an easy 8 miles on much gentler terrain.
S0 the plan for the rest of the week is to kerb the enthusiasm a little and build up a little more sensibly.
Comments
Take care of those knees. You still have many many miles to run.
And thank you very much for your kind words.
Hope the knees sort themselves out.....