04 April - Session 82

2009 BST - Good weekend of training. On Saturday I ran a 3 mile aerobic test: 20 min warm up followed by 3 miles @ 70%. I ran a similar test back in January when I embarked on this endeavour. Time to see how the training is really going. I was surprised at the results and even more surprised at the comparison. Saturday I ran the test at a 7:41 pace...pretty good I thought. The training is working. When I compared to the test I ran in Jan, I was shocked. In Jan I ran the test at an 8:28 pace at a higher intensity - 75%. Somewhat of an apple to oranges comparison perhaps, but the bottom line is Saturday I ran 47 sec/mile faster at a lower intensity. Pretty amazing I think.

I included the link to the January test if you want to have a look yourself. To see the data from Saturday, you have to view the splits.


Edinburgh Marathon Training Session 82
3 Mile @ 75% HR Test Jan 2011