The complete washout continues. Last night there was a lightning strike into the tracks on my line, and there were no trains at all from work. I had to go home through Heathrow airport by tube, and it took me 2 hours to get home. Not to mention continuing downpour. No running yesterday.
Today was still lightning and thundering, but it died down by 8PM, so I got out. Decided to do CV repeats workout since I haven't done it in 2 weeks. Ran 2.7mi warmup, 4x200m strides (53, 52, 51, 48), then did 4x1km with 1' jog (4:36, 4:34, 4:33, 4:32). Then did 4x100m strides and 1.3mi cooldown.
I'm happy with my 1km times, because they were not slower than before, and the effort actually felt easier than I remember, and definitely easier than 5x800m with 45 sec. recovery. I'm afraid I'm losing some conditioning with decrease in mileage, but maybe not yet. I'm hoping to put in some miles tomorrow and Thursday. I have an option to run 5K race Thursday night, but not sure if I'll do it. With limited running I'm doing now, maybe it's better to put in the volume rather than run a hard 5K. I'm unlikely to run good time anyway. Friday night my daughter is having a swim meet and is doing 400m IM for the first time, so I'll definitely be there, looks like a planned day off (unless I run early in the morning).
I'm still trying to convince myself to switch to early morning runs, it's the only way to keep consistency in my training. I have to start trying it, it may not be so bad once I get into routine (but of course I need to go to bed on time!). I should look to Lybi for inspiration... | 