run forest run

only a week and a half of winter training left before we have a few weeks off and get ready for the track season in earnest. the mileage will be cut the intervals will be shorter albeit far more painful and intense. but hopefully come the end of the summer we will all be rewarded with faster times over all of the distances we compete over. my feet are getting quite itchy in anticipation as they do every year but after doing some brutally hard speedwork over the coming months i'm sure i wont feel the same way come august...

last nights session at the zoo was a funny one for me in that even though i ran faster over the respective distances for the repetitions that we do than i have ever managed, i came away with the distinctive feeling that i could have run much harder. the first two reps were the big lap and a half that was introduced to us a few weeks ago me clocking 6:52 and 6:54 respectively, followed by two of the big laps, both in 3:45 and one each of the old big lap and the old small lap, for which i clocked 2:47 and 2:08. before the session one of the guys kept on commenting on how fit i looked, some thing i really ignore completely because i'm convinced its all part of his psychological game that he plays to play tricks on other people s minds to gain an advantage. having consulted with mike about my knee he recommended that i start using ankle weights for some exercises to help strengthen the tendons, which i should perform after every time i run. he also recommended that get regular appopintments for sports massage if i can afford it as a way of aiding post session recovery and injury prevention. i tried it tonight and the results i can report are very mostly positive after sitting in a cramped position for half an hour which is when any discomfort would ordinarily come on and there has been no sign of it so far, wher two months ago i would have been really hurting.

i did an 8 mile steady paced run tonight and it was the first time in a couple of yearss that i had bothered to time my self on such a venture i was rather surprised to note that i was running at the saame speed that i would have run a two mile tempo run at two years ago. thats what hard work does for you (sr, take note)