Training

Easy run with 10 × 12s hill sprints

7.5 miles 1:10:12 9:20/mi

My Garmin 920XT totally refused to get a satallite lock, and with the drizzly starting I couldn’t be bothered to wait around to started anyway, so distance and pace may not be quite right here.

First hill sprints in a while, legs feeling fresh and free of niggles which is nice.

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Recovery run in the rain

5.8 miles 52:07 8:56/mi

Nice easy first run after the HM. Legs felt better by the end than at the start, which I think is a good sign! No niggles to report after the HM. Going to spend a week or two taking things easy, then I have about eight weeks to perhaps bring down my 5K and 10K PBs, before marathon training starts in December.

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