Lisbon

Spent a week in Lisbon on holiday with Laurence and one of our sons, Paul together with some friends and their daughter. Great week and enjoyed a little bit of running with lots of eating and drinking (mostly whisky!).

Sunday:

Easy jog around Lisbon discovering the city with Laurence and Katia. 11.3 km in 1:02 so an average pace of just over 5:30 / km. Boy the city is hilly though. Unless you're running alongside the river there are hills wherever you turn.

Monday:

Hill training with a 15 minute warm-up around Edward VII park and then 6 hills lasting 550 metres up the right-hand side as can be seen in the photo.

Reps went as follows:

2:42, 2:34, 2:29, 2:27, 2:26, 2:24

Completely knackered by the end.

12 km all up in 58 minutes.


Tuesday:

Went out in the evening with Katia, Laurence and Jacques around Lisbon. We did a couple of reps up the hill in the park and then headed off around town, almost getting lost in the process. Very easy pace and we did just over 10km in an hour.

Friday:

Laurence wanted to test her leg after the thigh injury she's been suffering from for over 2 months now. We down to the river and along to Belem before turning back and heading diagonally across town back to the flat. 16 km all up in 1:24 - a really good effort.

Easy week overall but lovely to be able to run in reasonable temperatures again instead of the autumnal weather back home.