This blog post is appearing a couple of days late, life has been busy & it seems the blog suffered as a result. Thursday's are speed days for me. These sessions are designed to increase my speed & stamina.
The training plan prescribed a fartlek session for this week, rotations of sprint, walk, jog usually between lampposts. I headed out into the cold, suddenly autumnal morning & gave myself 5 minutes to warm up. Fartlek is something that is easier on urban routes & in the dark as it highlights the lampposts. This makes it ideal for the dark mornings.
Thursday was actually the first time I've completed the full allocated time for Fartlek. Usually I'm so knackered that I don't finish my full quota. Not so on this occasion, 30 minutes of constantly changing pace were banked before I slowed the pace back home. I don't feel I was holding back, so this was a nice result. Unfortunately my foot started to hurt towards the end & I gave it some ice as a precaution before heading to work.
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