In a complete shake up to my recently constructed running schedule the snow started falling putting an end to my D2 5m Slow Run. To compensate this I changed the schedule for D3 to bring me a bit more upto speed (to be read as – I ignored the D3 schedule too and came up with my own plan….Looking forward in the schedule on week 3 I noticed an “Interval Session” so decided to give that a go during my lunch break.

Once again – as before, I think I must have done my maths wrong and done something different to what RW were suggesting because if it wasn’t they are really pushing things. Anyway, i did the following

1.6km (~1Mile) Jog @ 10.9km/h
1.6km Fast @ 14-15km/h with 400m recovery (10.9km/h)
1.6km Jog @ 10.9km/h

I think i must have done some parts of it wrong as I ended up running 10kms. Did it in about 48mins but that was a hard session and not something I could do on the streets, well not yet anyway!

Next run most likely tomorrow as am shifting Saturdays easy run over as am away at the weekend, most likely on the dreadmill again as its a little slippy outside!

Finding time to get out there and do serious training is tricky at the moment. Having recently purchased a property most of my free moments are filled with diy or in b and q, however, Sunday morning alarm set for 7am I was up prepping myself for a 7/8miler.

The SIS stuff back out again as i start feeding my muscles, one of the things I picked up from my last run was poor fueling – I will be getting this right this time!

I was out the door by 730, pounding the pavement with barely a sole in site – this is dedication I thought to myself at the time, then remembered this was not going to be the last time over the next few months!!

The route I chose was an old one, introduced to me by my father, it is undulating throughout and is a loop with no repetition. In clockwise it is tough, anticlockwise it is insane with a good half mile steep incline – I chose clockwise!

The run itself wasn’t to bad, I was a lot slower than in my peak but that is to be expected really as my training has been scaled back massively. Reached the 7mile marker which is the home straight and tacked on an extra mile, this may have been foolish my legs were ok with 7 but I really felt a difference in that final mile.

However, a very promising initial run, next weekend push it up a bit more and get a session in on Wednesday. Will start reviewing training schedules too and get out the diary…scary times follow once again!

N