January 2015

[marathondan]

Well as January dawns, you find me part way through week 2 of 18, and all going as well as one would expect at such an early stage.

This morning the temperature was back up again, so shorts were the order of the day, and a return to a slip-sliding tempo session around the field. Surface conditions definitely have the biggest effect on speed. Garmin shows that the last mile, mostly back on pavement, was over half a minute faster than the previous ones. Still, it's all about effort, not speed.

So, it must be time to check the stats for the year just gone. It was an interesting, educational, and low volume year, with the first five months missed due to the achilles injury, no races at all, and a full cycle of motivation / demotivation. The picture tells the story. Total for the year 220 miles - less than half my usual target of 500, but decent all things considered.