Morning Run: Acceleration

I just finished a 7.428km running that lasted about 0hh:43mm:15ss !

Last night we had a very few drops of rain and by this morning there were small pools on some of the garden chairs even though the ground seemed dry. We could do with some rain for our garden and to fill up the water butts. It was distinctly cooler today with a bit of wind.

The cat did not wake me up early today, and when she did wander up the bed it was time to get up anyway. I had my usual drink of water and half a banana before heading out. I was doing 30-20-10 intervals. This consists of 8 minutes of warm up before sets of 30 seconds jog, 20 of running and 10 of sprint repeated five times. I do this three times with two minutes between and then jog the rest of the way home from wherever I got to.

I tried to make the 30 second segments slightly quicker than the rest periods and it was not too bad. From the Pendleton Way I took the track across the fields. This is all very flat. I kept going on that track until the last rest period and then doubled back to take the rougher track west to loop around past Dove House and along the River Ivel. That may be another place to look for kingfishers as there is a route there called the Kingfisher Way.

I had a few sprints left to do, but was taking extra care on the uneven surfaces. There were some people about, but taking a fall could be nasty.

I did not see much wildlife apart from a few birds. Podcast listening was In Our Time about Xeno's paradoxes and The Life Scientific interviewing Jane Goodall. Her years spent studying wild chimps are a world away from what most of us do, but she found a lot of parallels with human behaviour.

Breakfast after the run was muesli with the rest of the banana plus strawberries from the garden and a drink of orange juice. I had to put set the breadmaker going to make a loaf for lunch. Just had some good coffee after my shower.

I will have to see if it gets warm enough for a swim in the next few days. I am trying to do more pressups and other strength exercises. I am also doing some online courses to learn more about topics that could be useful for work.

Run fast and stay well.
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