Why taking it steady works...

I completed my first pattern #4 today!

Again a good run at 3pm and i didnt find the 5 minute sections to challenging. I also made sure that i did a full warm up - a few cycles of 'salutation to sun' always work as a vigorous warm up for me!

Anyway really enjoyed the run out & pleased i completed the pattern with something to spare.

To get up to speed for Sport Relief in March i have decided to do two of each pattern and accelerate the process somewhat.

When i completed the pattern #3 on Friday I found it quite easy; previously my legs would start to ache towards the end of the 3 minute sections; breathwise i was fine.

I suspect that the approach to training allows for my lungs and my legs to train individually. i.e. when i started, my lungs would hurt before my legs, then my lungs caught up and my legs would be 'the constraint'. Now on the Pattern #4, we are back to pushimg my lungs again (as my legs were ok).

Not sure if this matches the science but seems sensible to me!

Anyway, if you are thinking about starting, i strongly advise you to follow the same or similar approach to me - who would have thought i could run for 5 minutes non-stop!!! :)

Official Log:

Monday:-
Completed: 1xPattern #4
Total Time: 30 Minutes
Dog Count: 7 today with one that ran with me for 5 minutes!