Friday, May 11, 2012

Upping the Tempo.

Into a very busy Centennial Park for a Saturday, I do much prefer the weekdays when its so much quieter, A lot cooler this morning with a very blustery wind around ( Check Flakes blog for full weather details) made for harder running conditions.
Decided on a 5k Tempo/Time Trial today, with the goal to run it at a solid pace without killing myself, so above tempo pace but not flat out so to speak. Got a 5k course mapped out that sees it start with a slight 600m climb - Found it tough enough from the start and went through the 1st k in 3.36, tried to keep it honest from there but found the headwind at times very tough, funny though i never seemed to feel the tailwind at any time? Kept the even pace for pretty much the whole way and was happy to get the final 600m back at the end coming back down the hill. Stopped the clock in 17.53 - but was working a lot harder then i thought i would to record that time.
Ks were 3.36,3.34, 3.34, 3.33, 3.33  Average 3.34 per/k
Warm up and a couple of ks cool down made it 10k for the day.

May have a night in this evening and get ready for the long run in the morning, and watch some more of the latest flicks i received from overseas. Had a couple of good ones of late,
A Separation - is worth a look, about a couple who live in Iran and face the decision  to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Its subtitles so not sure if its any use for the Irish boys, but 4 boxes of popcorn for this one :)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - The English Adaptation of the Swedish novel follows a disgraced journalist ( Daniel Craig) as he investigates the disappearance of a wealthy guys niece from 40 years back. He is helped by a pierced, tattooed, punk as they discover some underhand corruption.
Pretty raw this one with plenty of brutal violent scenes that include rape and torture - once again probably not one for the Irish boys :)
3.5 popcorns for this one

Get the Gringo - Mel Gibson could be the one screnning this evening ?

Cheers

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