Started October well. Only managing 22 miles during September (including that 7 mile run!) I've been out 3 times in the first week of the month, so currently am ahead of my mile a day target. No resting on laurels though - I'll be back out tomorrow morning. Interestingly I don't have an external window in my hotel room so will have to hope the weather is good...
Two 3 mile runs from my hotel at Tower Bridge. The second one equalled my training PB but is a bit annoying, as I felt great at the beginning but all clumsy on the way back. I also took 20 seconds to go up a spiral stair while making no progress, so it's still a win.
Then I did a speed training mile on Sunday - a success as it was running at home for the first time since the start of September - actually the first proper run at home since I got the garmin. (That's mixed up with Marisca sleeping less well). I did a mile in 7:41 which is 10 seconds less than my previous best, although again really badly paced, there's a definite slope on the pace for that mile. Jogged back.
It was also the first go with the heart rate monitor. It'll take more playing to really understand this. My base rate at home was 84 bpm, and this went from 168 at the start of the run proper, having lollopped down to the canal, up to 178 at the end of the fast mile. I knew I was pushing myself pretty hard, so will need to have a go with my normal 28 minute 5ks to see what rate I get. 168-178 comes too high according to a couple of quick lookups on the internet, but I'm not too bothered just yet.
