1k intervals at sub 8 min/mile

After a few weeks building up the mileage in my legs following the knee injury, I felt it was time to aim for some speed today so did some 1km intervals at my former 10K pace. It felt good to run at a decent speed again, and I coped fine with the intervals. I’m still a bit paranoid about my knee so out of caution (and a threatening looking cloud I’ll be honest!) stopped after four miles, but fingers crossed all seems fine and I plan to aim for a longer session on Thursday. Overall though I’m pretty pleased with my first speed session in a while.

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