Once more we are able to return from the track after lockdown. Back to the old drill. One-way system in and out. Masks to be worn on entry, exit, warm-up and warm-down and the rest to keep the 2-metre distance. Still great to be back!!
A bit of agility work to kick off (well after warm-up that is). Zig-zag run around 5 cones followed by 10 lateral jumps over mini-hurdles and running backwards back to partner. Should be in pairs but the numbers were odd so we made it work in a 3 and did 3 sets.
Then onto the serious stuff, fartlek to celebrate our return – 3 sets of 200m and 250m with 150m recovery (walk / jog). The 300m runners skipped the last 250.
Marcus, James and I do this together. Again it would usually be pairs but I can lane share with Marcus as we live together. Doing it together is probably stretching it as they are quicker and fitter and I’m soon running solo. However it’s my first track outing with the heart rate monitor so that gives me something to work with. Quit happy with the result. I do manage to jog 5 of the recoveries, but the last one proves too much and I do walk at least half of it.
I need to research a bit more about what the heart rate zones mean but this is the readout.
