7:30 a.m. 6 miles easy. Tired after staying up late last night to watch the Olympic opening ceremony - pretty pants really but the one thing I did like was the whole legacy thing. When Coe won the games with his presentation, he won it based on the children and multi-culture and legacy part - rightly so. To have the kids play such a central role, especially lighting the flame, shows he meant it and it wasn't just vacuous spin. Fair play to Lord Coe. I'm a fan of Coe but I think I could turn him over these days. If your reading Lord Coe, I'll meet you in Killarney for a 5k race...
6:00 p.m. 10 miles. 4 miles warm up (7:25 ) 4 miles An. Threshold (23:15), 2 miles shuffle (9:30).
Was not up for this, but as the run progressed I got into it and enjoyed the feeling of comfortable hard. Splits: 5:51, 5:53, 5:45, 5:46. A.P. 5:49 -18 sec's per mile quicker than last week and I felt easier this week and that's on the back of a 116 mile week with two hard workouts and a toughish long run. Happy days. And so, on to next week... |