A Stone and a Half Gone

Right - well the good news is that this morning, I have lost a stone and a half! That's since the beginning of May, so works out at roughly two pounds a week, which is hopefully maintainable. Still wish it would come off me tum before the other bits though. ANyway - it's all less to carry round my runs.

Talking of which - I went out late-ish last night and did the six mile Nonsuch route. I deliberately left it as late as I could, to see if the lower temperature affected the cardiac drift (or whatever it is). Here's the figures:

Must confess that the breathing did feel tougher, not sure if that's a pollen thing or what. I took all the usual stuff - anti-histamine, flixonase, and the ventolin beforehand.

Anyway - the first half was definitely faster - probably nearly fifteen seconds faster per mile than before, in spite of stopping for a walk break mid-way through the park, which I don't usually have to do. The second half I did slow quite dramatically again, so even though it's marginally faster than the previous run (by 52 seconds), nearly all of that gain is in the first half, and there's a very definite raising in the heart rate for the same pace. So - the problem is still there! I'm hoping that training removes that, but so far I'm a long way from convinced. If it enables me to run a faster pace overall though at the same heart rate, then it's a good thing for the shorter distances - but it still leaves me with a problem over things like half marathons and stuff.

TrailWalker this weekend, so not much more training before the start of next week. I think I'll fit in a swim today, and rest the legs, and then perhaps one more run early tomorrow before the mayhem starts!