5 mile run

This blog is primarily aimed at Charlie's fitness progress but I feel it's totally relevant to include a brief summary of any races that Charlie has partaken in.
Therefore, a brief word about Charlie's success over the weekend.
A long day for Charlie on Friday. Up at the track first thing for qualifying for Saturdays race. Charlie secured a sixth place start for Saturday.
In the race itself he made a cracking start and made up two places on the opening lap.
This is where he stayed for the duration coming home in forth place.
On Sunday, the cars line up according to their best lap time on the Saturday, so a second row position for Charlie. Charlie ran in forth for most of the race but gained a third place spot after the car running in third had transmission problems.
So, overall, a great weekend. In fact one that sees Charlie sitting in second position in the championship. Well done Charlie. Charlie invited me to his local afterwards for a celebratory drink with his girlfriend and some friends which was nice. Oh, nearly forgot to mention, I managed to thrash him at skittles, Having never played it before, I'm not too sure if he's just rubbish or I'm really good!! or maybe a combination of both.
OK, On to the training. We arranged to meet today at the Palmersport track. There was a trackday in progress and as a result the place was infested with Impreza's, GTR'S,Caterham's etc. Not a problem, we just chose to run along the access road instead. Five miles was the target as a steady state run. I decided to run as well hoping my calves would take the strain after my injury. We set off at a brisk 9 minute mile pace. 3 miles in, my calves were killing!! Don't quite know whats wrong here but a gait assessment and new running shoes are imminent. Grabbing my bike after three and a half miles, I caught up with Charlie and we continued for the remainder. There was some talk from Charlie about doing 4 miles but I wasn't listening. OK, all done, this is what we logged:
Miles: 5.09 Elapsed time: 49.09 Average pace: 9.39 minute mile. No heart rate monitoring was done. A good result with Charlie working hard.
I had a couple of kettlebells in the car and showed Charlie a couple of exercises that we will be trying shortly. I hope he's up for this as I am a strong believer in there effectiveness.
Please see my other blog, Kettlebell Nation for more information.