20 August 2013 - Another step further

Once again I was taking Archie out running with me, but with this being the second trip together I was hoping it would go smoothly and I could pay a bit more attention to what I was doing. Unfortunately this proved not to be the case. Although Archie was fine with bikes and people by themselves any dogs on the trail would cause him to stop, and I'd have to put him on the lead and walk past them.

It was even worse when the third dog came vaguely near him and he started yelping. Needless to say I was a little bit annoyed with myself for not being more careful last time. As I was feeling generally good I decided to take the pace up, even though I wasn't planning to till next Tuesday. I sped up to get my heart rate to 185 (supposedly half marathon rate) for the last half a mile and see how my leg reacted. This brought the pace down to about 7:10 min/mile. If I could maintain that for a half marathon I would be over the moon, but it felt a bit too aggressive to maintain that long, so we'll have to see how things go as I build the distance at this pace.

The plan on Thursday is to do a mile at this pace, so we'll see how manageable that feels. Unfortunately I won't be taking Archie with me again.

102 miles to go...

Distance: 4.01 miles
Time: 39:47
Pace: 09:55 min/mile
Average HR: 158 bpm
Map: Here