Tempo run along the river this morning. Having not run in a few days, my legs just wanted to go! It was another perfect morning in Brisbane and I took my usual route along the river down to the rowing club near Davies Park and back.
Vital stats: 12.3km in 46:37 (including an easy warm up), average pace of 3:47min/km (max of 2:30!), average heart rate of 165bpm. The pace fluctuated a bit as every now and then I did a section at 3:30 or faster, just to get some energy out. I also had to take a pretty serious pit stop just before 9km - unfortunately the stomach issues seem to be coming back. Overall, I'm happy that I managed to keep the pace up pretty consistently. Interestingly, 165bpm is my marathon heart rate average. I'm not sure if this means I'm fitter than I was then (because I was going faster at the same HR) or less fit (as I had the same HR despite it being a shorter run). Hopefully I'm fitter!
If the City2Surf website is to be believed, the course is 14km long (I think it's a bit less than that). To beat Laurens' time of 51:49 I will need to run an average pace of 3:42. That's not easy, particularly with the hills, but given how I felt this morning, I reckon I might get close. I'm worried I haven't done enough hill work (again!!!). I seem to do this every year - I am great at hills later in the year when I'm running lots of trails, but come July/August, I seem to leave hills out of my training. I might try to hit the little Marriott hill tonight for a last-ditch session!
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