Training Log Archive: gingercake

Session 24.59 (4.74k) warm up and then 5 x 4km with each 4km increasing in pace by 5secs from 4.00-3.40. Then warm down 4.08k in 23.16. Session was good, but hard, I felt good and had plenty of energy in my legs, although I did bonk quite badly in the last rep but managed to keep the pace going. The major problem was the wind, for 2k of the 4k was that I was running into a strong head wind which definitely slowed the pace. So I decided to run that section as hard as I had run the section not into the wind and got that pace down to 3.55 which is too slow, but I tired everything I could run to faster. On the sections out of the wind I was running well and actually found it a little hard to run slow enough in the 4 to 3.50 min per k sections. Total time for the 24k section the main session - 1hr42 with 84m of climbing. This includes the recovery 1k between each 4k. Just look forward to a session without wind.

Diet:
I ate pasta last night and I have to admit it just didn't sit well on my stomach, just felt heavy and uncomfortable.

Breakfast - slice of toast, porridge and honey
Lunch - Celeriac soup, 1 slice of toast

Yoghurt, seeds, grapes, porridge oats, nuts
Slice of toast

Drive home to Mow Cop so had some nuts, dried fruit

Supper - Kate, spinach, onion, quinoa (30g), green beans with yoghurt/tahini mix