Running (road) tempo 1:33:45 19.2 km (4:53 / km) +121m4:44 / km ahr:139 max:169 shoes: New Balance Vazee
12 mile tempo.
Headed north to start and it was a challenge keeping the pace as slow as it was meant to be at first. Some guy passed me out and I had to let him go. Followed him down what looked like a much more pleasant route than I had planned though it ended in running through a field. In Stenhagen I seemed to have to work quite hard for the pace, but felt good. I think the trees were messing with the GPS. Crossed over the 55 and took an old horse trail to get to Banvallen. This coincided with the 4:35/k mile and that was rough as it was grassy and muddy and generally terrible for going quickish. Resulted in a funny HR spike section. Once on Banvallen the 4:25/k felt easy and I cruised onto the second last mile. There was one 5m climb which made me hurt a bit here. Two weeks ago I really suffered with he two back to back miles at 4:15/k but today I brought the last one down toward 4/k. Good feeling to finish on before the easy run home.
Legs a bit sore but nothing overly untoward. Still need to keep an eye on the calf. Some rolling and massage afterwards.