Do a recovery run to make up for not doing one yesterday. Not sure I should need a recovery run after a 10K, but it’s a slow, short run to test out the hamstring and get the legs moving. Run out to Hilton Grange and then come back down Occupation Lane to throw in an extra mile and a half. The body feels creaky at the start but by the time I’m home I’ve loosened up considerably. No twinges from the hamstring but I do a thorough cool down afterwards anyway.
No football this evening so I head off to Kirkstall Road for the evening training session. Liz is away with work so I’m on my own. After a fine day it’s raining constantly so I seek shelter in the gym. There’s a surprisingly good turn out considering the conditions, but only Sam from group 5 so he joins us. Michael leads group 4 as Rick is injured.
We head up Kirkstall Road away from the city centre with a view to running to Beckett Park and doing some long intervals. There are five of us in the group and no one is certain of the quickest route so we end up going further than anticipated. I’m struggling to keep up right from the start so can’t give my “wisdom” on the best route. We arrive at Beckett Park at what Michael refers to as “the green mile”, which is a rectangle that I’ve seen many times before, but in pre-running days so had never considered it as a potential site for intervals. Apparently, once round the rectangle is a third of a mile. We only have time for three with a couple of minutes break between circuits. The fast boys are just dipping below 2 minutes and I’m ten to fifteen seconds behind that.
It’s mostly downhill all the way back so I manage to hang on. The rain doesn’t let up all session. Running sessions are strange. This one was a mixture of very enjoyable and pretty awful, both at the same time. Not sure I understand it, perhaps I’m developing a split personality. I dash for home and the comfort of a warm bath.
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