HuRTs fartlek

After some very frustrating news at work, I needed a bit of tension release so went down for the HuRTs fartlek. What an unbelievable day in Sydney today - perfect temperature for running, lots of people out and about and crystal clear skies. The only drawback was the wind, which felt like running into a brick wall at certain points (or being blown along at others!).

Not a bad turnout today given that a lot of the HuRTs guys did the Gold Coast mara on the weekend. The pace was pretty easy for the first half though. The format of the session is 1min on (10km pace) and 30s off (marathon pace) for 45mins. You run out for 22.5 mins then turn around and try to get back under 45mins. I started out with Ray, Jon F and a few others. The pace was pretty cruisy for the first 22mins - there wasn't much difference between the efforts and the floats, all being done at around 3:45 pace. After the turn though, it got a lot quicker. The efforts were at around 3:27 and the floats around 4:10. Pretty solid.

I ended up doing 11.6km which is not all that far (turned at the entrance to Walsh Bay), but got in at 44:15 which is well under the target, and the best I've ever done. Mike C reckoned we were being lazy! He was probably right. That said, I felt strong, and had a good 14km session. Finished off with an abs set with Shauny in the gym after. All in all a good way to release some work frustration!