A Tempo Whirl! ~~~

Round and round, like a horse in a mill!  I ran today's tempo run on Chev. track in a narrow lane, guessing about 40cm wide and, according to the Garmin, 194m around...calling it 200m for convenience sake, which means that for each 3.5km, I ran around 17.5 times!  It wasn't rollicking fun but neither was it as frightening as I'd anticipated!

Program :

1.5km warm-up
3.5km @ ST pace (for me 6:22m/k)
1.5km easy
3.5k (6:22m/k)
1.5km cool-down

It was a good day for such a challenging event!  Very warm but thick cloud cover and breezy.

The Hurdy-Gurdy!

A few drills 
1.5km warm-up

3.5km in 22:13.4  /  6:28.6;  6:12.6;  6:22.9;  500m 3:09.3

1.5km easy

3.5km in 22:21.3  /  6:23.8;  6:18.7;  6:21.3;  500m 3:17.5 

Usual stretches.

I was chatting to the ground keeper after I finished.  He wanted to know what on earth I was doing! Poor man must have thought I was completely unhinged!  Must admit I was feeling a little brain-sick after running around the track 57.5 times! (Hoping my Maths are correct!!).  I changed direction every 3 - 4 rounds so that I didn't become giddy and go heels over head!  The ground keeper is going to measure the lane with a wheel and let me know next week what the exact distance is; it'll be interesting to compare with the GPS.

For today :  A remarkable 11.5km!  And I'm quite tired!