Intervals50:30 4.8 mi (10:31 / mi) shoes: 09 Saucony Grid
I'd been a bit scared of this session - mentally 4 x 800 (2) seemed tougher than anything I'd done before. Figured I needed to relax a bit and maybe ease off the pace to make it consistent. Another cool morning which helped. Got round the first one in 3.08, surprisingly close to old times, so it clearly worked. Chased a guy who leapt over the fence and did a few laps for the next one. Third was the toughest. On the fourth I tried to run it faster - going well at the first lap, lost a bit of pace on the 3rd 200 when things started to wobble a bit, then dug in round the bend...and then it struck. My stride lengthened, my legs flowed, and there it was. That feeling of running fast and strong, and really going somewhere. It was only for 100m, but it is a ridiculously long time since I've felt it. Here's to 200m of it next time!