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RE: April Powers
Ramp it up.
A long, slow run was scheduled for today, and it was essential that I take it a little easy as this is supposed to be a post-race step back/recovery week. However, as the previous week was also a relatively low kilometre week and I am feeling fine I did want to shake things up just a little. I therefore extended the scheduled 15km by an extra kilometre and included a 2% incline, in other words, an elevation gain of 320 metres over the 16km distance. Nothing too serious but still a noticeable step up in difficulty.
It was just what I needed, if I'm honest. The slope made it it just that much harder; it was still 'conversational' pace, but hard enough to give me a great endorphins hit and the knowledge that it was a job well done. Plenty of sweat and a moderate total of 26 careful step-back kilometres for the week. Given that it was a week of night shifts and follows last Sunday's half marathon race, I am quite pleased, but am now looking forward to ramping things up a bit.
Accordingly, I have 41 kilometres scheduled for this coming week, although with another batch of night shifts it will be tricky to cram it all in, but with the weather finally cooling off somewhat, I'm confident of giving it a good red hot go.
Onwards and upwards!
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April Powers
