Another bitterly cold early morning. I finally caved in this morning and wore the full-length scare-o-tights. I know I've been whingeing about my hands and face, but that's only because my legs haven't really been able to get cold. They have been sort of moving. A bit. But I wasn't entirely clear this morning how far from the house I should venture in order to finish back close to it - these interval runs are quite complex in the planning and I would no way have been able to keep track of when I hit half time to turn round - so I was left with the prospect of a possibly fairly lengthy walk back from wherever I ended up.
Needn't have worried and, even though I didn't cover as much ground as I thought I might in the 40 minutes, looking at the detailed stats I'm actually pleasantly surprised. Overall, pace is a bit below where I'd like it to be, but my pace during the sprinty bits actually improved with each rep, as did the pace of the recovery phases. I do not remember this ever having happened before! I usually start slow and finish slower. So that's good.
I didn't enjoy it. Not at all. I hate traditional interval sessions and Fartlek sessions and only do them because I know they really, really do help. I cannot possibly fit in a run tomorrow morning, as I have an early meeting in London. Again. And I know that when I get back from London I'll be in no mood to do one. (It took me 3 and a half hours to get from Holborn to Portslade yesterday, just by the by. I mean, WHAT!?!?!?!?!) So, presupposing I can keep the reins on my alcoholic tendencies when my friends are down this weekend, the 2 on Saturday and Sunday will be it for this week. That's still 4 sessions in a week, which is pretty damned good, especially given the schizo weather.
Am feeling really rather good about things and am intending to quit smoking at some point on Sunday, too.
Updated Training Plan
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