Surely Not

Today up at running club was Nick, Haftu, Dean, Declan and I. We did 2km, 1km, 2km, 1km, 150m. Felt solid throughout the whole 2km, but it could've been faster in 6:43. Then the 1km which felt too fast, but was actually average in 3:08. Then the 2nd 2km which was good in 6:31. Kicked home with Haftu after that and was hurting a bit. Then the last km was in 2:57 with the first 600m being too slow and we really picked it up in the last 4. The 150 was just for a bit of speed, didn't time it, but felt great the first 50m, then struggled and questioned why I did it as I tried to speak without vomiting, watching my 400m career fly away. Regional Cross Country next Monday, another race against Nick. But the real competition is this Thursday as we have a meeting at school about the race and doughnuts are often available. The one who consumes the most doughnuts wins the prize of "the person who consumed the most doughnuts". This is my year ladies and gentlemen. This, is my year. 

8km

Today did just over 8km in 38:28, felt solid then had soccer in the afternoon.

Easy 10km

Easy 10km today, needed water, alright run. Also got some road racing shoes, so sporty, they are Nike Cushlon LT.

Ethiopian Fartlek

Another fartlek session at running club tonight, Chris, Haffie and I. 30s, 45s, 60s, 90s, 2 mins, 3 mins all with a 1 min jog in between and doing that 3 times. Took it a bit easy at the start but the 3 minute definitely hurt. We rotated the lead with Chris taking the longer reps, Haffie taking the shorter ones and me taking the middle. Again on the second set the longer reps were  struggle, we were going fast though so really glad to be hanging on to the 2 of them. Then the third set really hurt and got dropped on the last 3 mins, but still completed just under km in that time so really happy with that. 15.6km all up, really sore now.

Easy 8km

This morning did an easy 8.3km in 41:14. Felt okay but it was harder than usual because of last night's tough session. Got exams the rest of the week, so a pain.

Kenyan

So Chris showed up last nnght which was a bit of a change in scenery. Dean as well, but Cheyne took his first sick day in about 26 years and threw in the towel with a bit of a cold. So we did the session just the three of us. For those who have forgotten, 2 minutes hard, 2 minutes easy x 8, then a walk then 1 minute hard, 1 minute easy x 8 is the session. Forgot my watch so had so go off Chris's times and it was strange not being able to see how much of the rep we had done. It was much quicker then usual though, I could feel that. I led the 4th and 6th reps of the 2 minutes with the Chris mainly leading them out. Don't know the pace we were going at, but I'd say it was around 3:00 just because it was so hard. We did 7.6km for the entire lot of 2 minutes and we normally only do 7.2 so that was a huge improvement. Then onto the 1's. Felt good at the start but hurt more and more and the pace kept growing as we got further into the session until we hit a really quick last rep and ran metres off 400m in 60s. Really happy, but it took a lot out of me. 12.6km all up.

Update

Did 10km yesterday in just under 50 minutes. Felt great like I could run all day like that. Bit stiff today though, 8km in around 40 minutes so the same pace for the easy runs. Then had soccer afterwards, sore now though, feeling fit.