I wasn’t ready, when the alarm went off this morning, but I still got up, because of Brabrand parkrun.
The friendly competition, the high-fives with those you attempted to outsprint to the line after finishing and the chitchat afterwards might be the only prize, but it is enough.
My finishing time wasn’t too bad btw, and it didn’t rain until afterwards 😄
Several of today’s participants are supposed to run Aarhus City Half tomorrow. I hope they didn’t dig too deep today 🙏
These days, I struggle a bit with motivation (have too little) and exhaustion (have too much). I don't worry about it, as I know I'll soon get back to an equilibrium - but it does make long runs like the one I did this morning more cumbersome than they should be.
At times, it felt like doing chores, and at other times I got into the flow and just went with it. But I had to work for it today.
Distance: 21.67k
Pace: 5'51"
Solrød Rundt Løbet in 7 days.
Normalt er det torsdag jeg løber intervaller osv, men onsdag aften hyggede jeg efter at have spillet koncert i Tivoli med Lyngby Taarbæk harmoniorkester.
Og. Tjah, jeg reagerer ikke så godt på alkohol som jeg gjorde engang 🫣😅
Så nu kom jeg ud i dag, med solskin og skyer og varme og lidt trætte ben, men virkelig god træning!
I prefer #running in the morning - but with my daughter's athletics late on afternoons, my window for getting out has moved.
My body has not yet adjusted, though, so this easy run was hard. Heavy legs, tired body. It took some time to get warm, but in the end I found my groove and just enjoyed it.
I finished with 2k of what @nerdd calls AIT (Anarchistic Interval Training = YOLO-style improvised tempo run).
Distance: 10.01k
Pace: 5'21"
Solrød Rundt in 8 days.
Mange kender nok HIIT, men jeg vil gerne introducere jer for AIT - anarkistisk intervaltræning. Det er ret simpelt:
Løb så mange og så lange intervaller, du gider (eller la’ vær’). Løb dem så hurtigt, du gider (eller la’ vær’). Løb så langsomt mellem intervallerne, du gider (eller la’ vær’).
Jeg indlagde tre intervaller i dag: Et alt for hurtigt (og meget kort 😂), et “rigtigt” interval og et bakkeinterval til allersidst (🤣). Og så løb jeg alt for hurtigt imellem.
While my daughter and her athletics team trained relays, I did intervals on the tracks. It was hard eventually, and it was so much fun.
5:00 warm up
3 x 1:30 @ 5k pace
3 x 1:30 @ 10k pace
3 x 1:30 @ mile pace
+ some more at an easy pace because I wanted to
(1:30 recoveries in-between)
On the last reps, I tried to out-sprint the young runners - and failed miserably. The kids are alright.
Distance: 5.80k
Pace: 4'56"
Solrød Rundt Løbet in 10 days.
Når man lige skal sidde lidt efter at have været afsted og så tænker "om 5 minutter skal jeg ud" og så det begynder at regne... Tag, så må man afsted alligevel.
Jeg fik sko og tøj på, og så stoppede regnen! Det var kun en kort skylle.
Undervejs var det så henholdsvis overskyet, solrigt og regnvejr i spredt fægtning. Helt perfekt og dejlig tur!! 🥰
Den lange tur, jeg fantaserede om i går kunne jeg ikke vente længere med. Til gengæld blev den til tider ret fugtig 🌧️😄
Planen var minimum 15 km med en stabil, relativt lav puls. Målet var at finde flow.
Den første time holdt jeg mig under eller på 150, og derefter begyndte pulsen at stige lidt. De sidste 1,5 km steg den yderligere og toppede ved 160, fordi stort set alle højdemeterne lå sidst.
Overordnet er jeg godt tilfreds med udførelsen, og jeg fandt mit flow derude i regnen 🥰
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