Thursday and Saturday

Thursday speedwork in the rain with Tim's group was hard as usual. Becasue it was cold and raining we had a continous session which went a bit like 15 min warm up jog, 100m strides with jog back, the 6 x 400m with 200m float recovery. I completed them all and then put in a couple of really slow warm down laps. I never feel quite as exhausted as I do on Thursday nights - I suppose its doing some good but I don't feel it yet.

This morning I put in a small 6km run which was wierd because while I was running I really started to question why I was running this morning at all. The run had no real purpose except to just get the legs turning over again after a rest day. Bumped into Greybeard who was also out for a small Saturday 5k. I have some shin probs developing again and have been using Neurofen gel but I will need to start icing again.

With Go Girl's blistering 10k time this week I am feeling like I will have quite a challenge on my hands to better her 10k race time. I have no real idea what sort of form I am in other than with a mini-taper I think I should be close to a PB. Time will tell I guess but first to get these shins back under control..