Friday Fartlek

This morning was our fartlek session around Centenial Park. I was not sure how I would feel this morning after a late night and some particularly yummy Indian... still had my masscara on (how gross!). We started off at a nice slow pace, but pretty soon into the first surge. Surprisingly I felt quite strong this morning and was easily doing about 4:20/km pace. I try to do my surges around 4:20-4:30/km pace and then a slow recovery. I still died on the hill... I am sure this is in my head!! Sean really worked me hard on the next section... about a 400m surge and I was running at about 3:15/km pace ( yes there is a downward slope!!) . I LOVED the feeling of running this fast... although I was pretty much stuffed for the last 2 and bit kms :) I can always tell when I have worked hard because I get tingles in my hands and my abs feel like they have done a million crunches! Needles to say I felt like a nap about 2pm this afternoon. Headed off to the gyn tonight for upper body and abs.

Distance: 11.8km
Time: 1hr 4min
Average Pace: 5:25/km
Fastest pace: 3:12/km
Mood: Happy and pooped

I was also excited to see Lulu do her first loop back to collect a slower runner.... yeah Lulu, getting faster!