Running hills 22:15 [5] 3.3 km (6:45 / km) +230m 5:00 / km
shoes: Inov8 Terraclaw 250
Hill reps in Houghall Wood
6 hills of about 300m, 35-40m climb, jog down recovery (rounded to 2 min, and an extra 15s before the last rep)
Times:
2:03 (ahr 167, mhr 186)
2:00 (ahr 177, mhr 191)
2:00 (ahr 180, mhr 194)
2:00 (ahr 181, mhr 193)
2:00 (ahr 182, mhr 195)
2:02 (ahr 181, mhr 193)
Somehow I think this is the fastest I have ever run for this session. If I remember correctly, my previous fastest reps have been 2:01. Huge fallen tree across the path is still there which probably adds about a second per rep (I was probably exaggerating last week to make myself feel better about how slow I was). It is a lot drier underfoot now than the sessions I was doing pre-injury which definitely makes it faster but still very surprised at this! Pushed so hard and absolutely killed myself on the last two reps. Heart rates very high.