Start of Last Phase - TAPER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday, Week 13 of 15

Run: "1M jog, then 6 x 800m fast, with 100m jog recoveries, then 1M jog"
Actual Distance run: 6 (and a quarter) miles (ran 880m repeats with 200m recoveries)
Time Taken: 44 mins
Total Mileage So Far: 431.5 miles

The begining of the taper and that familiar feeling of wanting to really push myself in every session because it's all coming together, and I feel brilliant. MUST SLOW DOWN.

6 good intervals with no drop off in times at all. The first repeat was the second slowest, and the fastest one was the third one.

The downside was that I ran round the local park at the time the local youths like to gather. I don't mind ignoring them once or twice, but it gets harder by the 11th time round. Turned up the volume on my mp3 player and smiled at their yells - they got bored by the end.

Feeling good now. Just need to hold it together for the next two weeks and not do anything stupid.

Paula and Jon Brown are missing the race, so that's 2 positions further up the field I'll finish (assuming I wouldn't have beaten them anyway)