Week 4

Two rounds of three and five minute runs this week with half that as recovery time. Day 1 this week was in Centennial Park on a lovely sunny evening. I took my Edge again for some data gathering which was cool, and I was happy to manage to cover more ground than I expected (I wound up with about 4.8km, or a lap and quarter).

For the last of this weeks runs I went out with a Garmin Edge 500, A (loaned) Forerunner 110 and RunKeeper on my iPhone. I’m interested in a more running-centric GPS so it was good to trial one.

Week 5

Things change a little this week instead of the same workout three times, each is different, with just a single 20 minute run on day three. Day 1 was ok; we managed to catch a break in the afternoon rain so didn’t get soaked which was nice, though I will have to get something with sleeves soon I think as the temperature keeps dropping.

With the increase in distances my knees are getting a bit painful, taking around 36 hours to die down. Hopefully this is just due to me having weak-ass hamstrings and things will calm down as I get stronger in the relevant places.

Day 3 of this week was a big one – straight through with no walking. Knees were annoying but with a helping of ‘Shut Up Legs’ I managed a nice constant ~6min/km pace throughout.

Week 6

Day two of each week is definitely the hardest – due to how I schedule my runs I only get 36 hours recovery from day one. This was pretty much a repeat of week 5 with a little stretch – intervals for days one and two and then a long run on day three.

After day one I put on my calf compression sleeves for the morning and my knees have barely hurt since, which I’m pretty happy about to say the least!

For this weeks long run we settled on Centennial Park as its mostly flat and there’s no need to worry about a reasonably placed turnaround point. I probably started a little quick but things went well; next week 28 minute runs!

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