Today I fancied doing a hill session as this will be my pattern for the next few weeks.  I ran from Bellahouston to the hill I’ve used in the past but it was so muddy I couldn’t really get going so I decided to stay on the path for the next 3.

If you know the Pollok parkrun I used the short sharp hill near the end of the loop.  I ran up and down. The distance I ran for each lap was 0.3 mile.

Here are my splits ….

 

The Book I ordered ‘Slow Burn’ today so I’m looking forward to reading that and seeing what Stu Mittleman says about how to train with a heart rate monitor.

I’ve been planning out my training plan for February.  As I’m part of the whw race Jantastic team you have to state how many runs you are going to do each week and for February how far you will run on your longest run.

So I’m going for 5 times a week which is an extra run per week from January.  My longest run each week will be 15, 18, 32 and 10.  Here is the plan …

Thank you for those who left comments on my post on Wednesday about BMI.  I seemed to remember that it’s not very relevent for athlete.

My friend Cara who is dietician and has a real interest in nutrition for sport also contacted me. Cara has helped me in the past and I always  appreciate her input.

Here is what Cara said about BMI Measurement …

I’ve just read your recent blog looking at your BMI and that you were unsure of how useful it is. Thought that seen as BMI is the basis of all the patient referrals that I get then I could give you some more info!!