Tempo tempo tempo

The boys and I cruised thru our tempo run this morning. We do this run every second Saturday.

The last 3 times I have done it I have improved each time. Today I ran 44:43 for the 12.1km with an AHR of 170. Last time I ran 46:00 @ 173bpm. Things are improving!!

The whole loop is 15.2km long but the first 3.1km is used as the warm up. At the bottom of a nice steep hill (500m long) we start the tempo section. The tempo is 12.1km and has a few undulations early but the last 5km is flat.

Kim joined us this morning and showed that even though he has had some time off with injury, he is still running well. He got away from us thru the middle part, then stopped to answer the call of nature, and flew past us not long after. It was a bit flattening to come around a corner and not see him up ahead only to turn around and see him chasing!!!!! When he went past there was no way I could get on.

Off to the Track this arvo to watch the State Champs. Aths Tas have decided to hold them over 2 weekends. This week in Launceston and 2 weeks time in Hobart. I have no idea of the theory behind this but it seems silly to me. Athletics is struggling in Tas and a lot of events have been scratched due to insufficient entries. There is no U/18 or U/20 mens 1500, instead the 2 or 3 who entered these races will all run in the open race.

Given that a lot of events wont be held, is it necessary to have the Champs over 2 weekends and 4 days????????