Applecross - and the Bealach

Two runs and a bike ride in Applecross.

The runs war both slow, accompanied by a dog on a long lead, and were 6.85 and 8.21km - a total of 15.06km.

The bike was up the Bealach na Ba from the Applecross side, starting at Camusterrach. A total of just under 10km out and 10 km back, totalling 19.96km. Didn't get to the top - I think I got to 500m out of 625m, with a nice following wind, when the hailstorm arrived. Cycling down, into the wind and hail, with very little visibility and real discomfort from hailstones was NOT NICE!

The mysterious moving bridges of Bilbao

8.12km around Bilbao, with the last km confused and a bit lost. Average moving pace 5'28"/km, but a bit better than that for the first 5km.

Rickety Bridge loop, anticlockwise

Not much in the old legs this weekend. 6/22km at 5'32"/km

Intervals in the gym

2.5k at 11.5 and 14 km/hr. Started 1 minute of each, went to 1.5 fast, 1 slow...survivable!

7.5km around Hyde Park

At an average speed around 5'17" (moving pace, allowing for traffic lights and that)

Miscellaneous gym runs

A total of 5.42km, at varying speeds (almost none of them better than 5' kms) Still tired legs after Sunday

River Ness 10k - race day

Going all out for the 50' 10k, started fast and kept going. Still only managed 50'42" according to the chip (I made it 10'39"). Still a PB, and my heart rate averaged 170, and peaked at 178 - so I think I left it all out on the track.

The first 5km was 21 seconds under 25', so another PB (I think)

Wet and cool - not bad for running, not windy.

Interesting to find out that last year was 51'18" - so a 38 second improvement over the last 12 months. Same again gets me to the magical 50 minutes