Thursday, 7 September 2006

6.50km Brand New Appleton Park Loop in 30:01

Basically, the Appleton Park Loop is the Hillside Run, but instead of turning about at the halfway point (at 2.095km), you keep going, then climb up to Windmill Lane (quite steep actually) around the quarry and drop down to the traffic lights by Broomfields.

You then make your way back up London Road until you reach the King Street Old Roman Road that forms the back-end of the Park Loop run.

I felt quite good today (except for a sore throat!) and because I did not run yesterday as work was manic again, I took a little longer lunchbreak (only an extra 10 minutes mind) in order to run this longer new route. It's quite a tough one, because it certainly is not flat!

My NavMan R300 battery need replacing, so I ran this course for the first time without measuring it. I estimated that it was approximately 6.5km, which was proved to be exactly the distance on a subsequent run!



The Stats

Time: 30:01
Distance: 6.50km (4.04 miles)
Average Speed: 12.993kmh (8.073mph)
Average Pace: 4:37 per km (7:26 per mile)
Heart rate: HRavg 164, HRmax 175, and 473kcals

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