Got out for a pre-work run from our main HQ this morning. Been meaning to do it for ages, but never been organised enough to get up really early and to plan a route.
Spent some time last night using the Strava route builder to map out a 15km or so run, synced with the watch and that was that. Turned out to be a cracker of a route. There are loads of really great trails almost from the door of the office in all directions. I went up over Burrington Combe (for those that know the area) and the descended to what I think was the start/end of Cheddar Gorge. Went up the top of the north side of the gorge, along there for a bit before turning back for home. Great mixture of flowy trails, quiet country lanes, technical/rocky sections and some open moorland; loads of stiles and gates as well. I think next time I might park nearer to Cheddar and then explore more of the routes on both sides of the gorge.
Ended up going a bit quicker than planned, so ran to the bottom of the road outside work and back up again for one more hill. Ended up with 16.8kms with 432m elevation in 1:19. Gorgeous morning for it.
Yeah iâd not had it for a while as i wasnât premium, so used things like plotaroute etc. I also found the Garmin one pretty clunky. I signed back up to Strava prem for this summer as i find it useful to use the segments as benchmarks for âproperâ training. The segment and heatmaps type things are really good and itâs pretty user friendly.
Lunchtime Zwift race today. A bit hot in the house but despite yesterdays first run back being really easy, legs are toast. Smalll group in the race meant the pace was fine but I still havenât got either the timing for a sprint finish nor the power. Finished 4th of 5.
Will try another easy run tomorrow morning and hopefully my legs will start to adjust a bit
for one sinking moment, I thought you had completed your double day by 5.30am.
Aiming for a triple here, sort of. Ran first thing before it got too hot. Off to the pool now. And then a 40km return bike commute lined up for later, which I am slightly apprehensive about .
Edit, a nice stiff breeze today brought temp down by 5C and the commute was fine
1 hour run for me this morning. Trying to keep HR low on these first few runs back so <110bpm. Just about 10min/mile pace. Have entered an ultra in 2 months so need to get back into running properly.
Had a fairly big weekend out in Swiss land with @Matthew_Spooner doing some TCR recce rides. Having never actually done an proper big long alpine style climbs before it was a bit of baptism of fire! And on the worst climb I was absolutely left for dust Biggest day was 270km and 5000m, I was utterly broken at the top of the last climb. However after realising Iâd now done nearly all of the biggest ones I weâd come across in 2 days I was feeling a bit more confident. 500km and 8600m in 2.5 days.
? Good idea to switch to time or HR based, instead of pace?
