Clueless training session

ERE'S A TRAINING SESSION I don't now what to think of. Today it was warm, humid and I planned to run a 10K in the run/walk technique, as described on Jeff Galloway's website www.jeffgalloway.com. So I went to the track, on which I train on twice a week with my running group, with some markers (cones) for the 50 m points. The plan was to run 1950 m, walk 50 m, and repeat 5 times, so I had a total of 10,000 meters. The target time was 51 minutes, just like my last race result. However, this was not how it would go.

Once I ran my 15 seconds per marker I felt this pace was way too high for the circumstances (temperature and humidity). After 1200 meters my head was pounding, so I had to stop and walk 50 meters. I tried some 200 metres running and 50 meters walking, but that was still too tough. So after just 1900 meters I was bushed and tired. Nothing else to do than to stop and go home.

Better luck next time.

Boy, how I hate those clueless training sessions. Those are so dissatisfying.