Week 2 Progress

Another week done.

Date	Challenge Miles	Challenge KM	Time	Avg Pace (Min /Mile)	Avg MPH	Elev Gain (Mtr)	Elev Loss (Mtr)	Calories	HR Zone	Avg HR
8th Jan	5.00	8.05	00:58:39	11:43	5.1	50	53	583	1	142
9th Jan	Rest day
10th Jan	6.20	10.00	01:03:01	09:52	6.1	129	129	835	3	164
11th Jan	7.5	12.07	01:28:51	11:51	5.1	168	162	917	1	140
12th Jan	Rest day
13th Jan	11.00	17.70	02:06:49	11:31	5.2	282	277	1,385	2	148
14th Jan	Rest day
Week 2	29.70	47.82	05:37:20			629	621	3,720
Week 1	30.00	48.28	05:51:27			629	580	3,633
TOTAL	59.70	96.10	11:28:47			1,258	1,201	7,353
To go	1,190.30	1,919.90

Slightly ahead of the 24 miles per week average I need, but there are still 50 weeks left to go and anything can happen!

As with week 1 I can definitely say I wouldn't have braved some of the cold, rain and wind we have had this week if it wasn't for this challenge.   

Sunday saw round 4 of the Winter Walking League at Ronaldsway in, surprisingly, cold and very windy conditions. 

In previous years I tend to get slightly quicker each round but this year I have been getting slower!

Round 1 - NSC               60:38
Round 2 - Andreas          Man flu
Round 3 - St Johns         62:36
Round 4 - Ronaldsway   63:01

Not quite sure what's happening here but I think too much beer & food over December could be to  blame. 

On the positive side my St Johns and Ronaldsway times are less than a minute slower than my best for those venues despite being quite a few pounds heavier , so once I address that issue I should be back on track. 

I am now 2 weeks into Heart Rate Training and I think it's going well but it's a little early to draw any conclusions just yet.  I will leave it another couple of weeks until I have more data before I share my experiences.