Day 5

Day 5 and the training is still going strong. Toady was hill sprints, which I have always quite liked even if they do knock hell out of you.

The first obsticle i had to get over today was the fact i was early shift. Anyone who knows me will know that I am a burst baw on early shift so its never easy to train especially running. The second obsticle was the weather. First we had wind, then we had wind n heat now we have pouring rain!! Ah, the lovely Scottish weather.

So it was my gym session first after work then when I got home it was out to the hill

6 x 30 sec sprinting up a hill, not quite as simple as it sounds. Start at the bottom of the hill, sprint up the hill for 30secs when you hit the 30secs turn round, jog back down then turn n sprint back up the hill for 30 secs!! Thats why they knock hell out of you!! The target is to get to 10 x 40secs. You will always go furthest on the first sprint but again you are aiming to go a consistqnt distance on each sprint. This means your stamina is getting a lot better and you are keeping the lactic build up in the muscles at bay.

The other thing about today was I was constantly starving. Dont know if the training is kicking in and i was craving more energy or it was just one of this "eating days" as i like to call them, we will see. Anyway, today is back to the 3.92 miler, steady pace the I get a nice rest day or 2 ( see previous post for explanation)