Beatin' the heat...

It's been a warm few days here in Melbourne town, which is naturally going to have an effect on one's running.

Monday - took the day off completely. Felt a little sore combining track with Sunday's long run, and I still felt a little bit ginger afterwards.

Tuesday - "beat the heat" interval session. 7am start, 15 minute warm-up (or shuffle if we're getting technical) then 6 x 5 minute efforts through Newport & Williamstown, with a two minute recovery job between each. Nine minute cool-down to front-door. Just shy of 15kms covered. It's great to get in those extra efforts. Streching afterwards.

pm - break in the new Livestrong Lunartrainers (as modelled by the boys on the right) on the treadmill with an easy 30 minutes, alternating speeds between 12.6 through to 13.4 km every 500 metres. Just over 6 kms done. Aside from the heat inside (even with the fan blaring), it was an easy effort. Did some weights, stretching & abdominal work afterwards.

Today - am - 35 minutes spinning on the wind trainer + weights, abdominal work & stretching. At 9:30am with the fan on it was still stinkin' hot, and got a little more drenched than usual.

pm - So-called recovery run in the midst of the so-called cool change. Well it was definitely cooler, the breeze was definitely a southerly. So why did I average about 147 for my HR? As it turns out, the 14 kms I covered took me just over 58 minutes, which is slightly slower than my target marathon pace, so that might explain it. Hopefully the cold bath helps too.

Made further steps towards a transition to the new school sorting out old junk from the old place that I won't use, or have surplus of, and did a little more reading.