Trail run33:09 [2] 3.58 km (9:16 / km) +30m8:54 / km
First club training of 2014. Still warmish and rainy, which made things kinda grey and gloomy. Warm up includes running to KG, then to stadsskogen and a nice set up form drills. The temptation is to abbreviate the drills but Joffe is good about making sure we always do enough to get properly warm.
Dark along the trail in Stadskogen, even on the lit track, but not so bad as to make the running too dangerous tonight.
Trail run42:47 8.27 km (5:10 / km) +36m5:04 / km
Neat interval session tonight, [15 x 40/20 (40 secs 10k race pace/ 20 seconds active recovery] x 2 with 3 mins rest between sets. Felt tough tonight, and I feel comfortable placing the blame on jetlag and possibly a little bit of holiday weight gain.
Still kept with Joffe (still in sight of Niklas, Rassmus way out in front) on the first set, but fell super-off the pace for the last set. Someone mentioned that this kind of session is good mental training, and I agree, just happy to have kept pushing hard the whole way.
Road run34:13 [3] 6.22 km (5:30 / km) +15m5:26 / km
Arrived back to the apartment safe and sound. Unpacked a little and then went for a run. Warm and damp weather, listening to podcasts as I ran to the Willys and back. Absolutely lovely. Milk carton did not particularly like being cooped up with the potatoes for the return trip, but Sam averted the crisis by transferring the milk to a pitcher a la Canada. Feels great to be home.