So, two more really good runs to report. Yesterday, in lieu of the scheduled intervals session I took MarathonDan's advice and ran hills instead. 6 km of 'em to be precise, all done on the treadmill at a steady 4% gradient, followed by 2 flat recovery kilometres for a total of 8km for the day. And did I feel really good afterwards? You bet! There's nothing like a good hills session for a great blast of endorphins!
Today I had scheduled myself "5 or 6" easy kilometres, but by the 6km mark was trundling along so nicely that I pushed on for another 5km just to see if I could finish 11km inside 75 minutes, which is the cut off in the upcoming half mara. Travelling at my "easy" pace I reached 11km in 73 minutes and will undoubtedly go faster in the race itself, so am feeling pretty comfortable about the race just now. I very probably could have gone on to finish the 21.1 at the same pace, and might do just that on Sunday. All good news for the moment.
Three work days coming up now though, which will necessitate cutting back to the short 15 minute sessions. However three of these (done as hill climbs) and the long 'un on Sunday will still give me a good total for the week.
As long as all goes well, of course.
Track du jour: A runner sings about his training schedule...
April Cools
