Tuesday, Week 13

1M jog, then 7 x 800m fast, with 100m jog recoveries, then 1M jog

After a long running teleconference, I decided to do my last set of Yasoo 800's round the Beeston streets, whcih ahd the advantage of giving me more time to do them , but the disadvantage of not being able to compare to the previous years when I've been to the track.

The first two or three repeats were done in sleet, which bounced off my shoulders, laughing at my attempts to get under 3m15s for each circuit.

Felt like I was pushing hard, but it is hard to compare with a track time, as I had to slow down at each corner to ensure I didn't bang into a local, and also had to negotiate litter, pedestrians and worse as I ran.

Finished feeling like I'd pushed quite hard - the repeats were all between 3m11s and 3m19s, but it's hard to tell what that means.

A couple of longer runs now, then 18 miles at the weekend, then I'm only 2 weeks away.