Abdullahi came for the morning run, but I did about 100m and decided my Achilles was too stiff and painful. So we went in and did a core strength session. Picked up a couple of new exercises (including for neck muscles) and got a bit of a reality check on the right level of intensity for these workouts.
Tough drills session with Firezar. I asked him to show me what his coached drills sessions were like. This was no more than a half version (he would do up to 2 hours) and absolutely ruined me. Very hard work and I learned a lot.
Terrain running40:00 [3] 7.0 km (5:43 / km) shoes: inov8 f-lite 195
Very nice steady run with Firezar in eucalyptus woods near yaya. This is about 10km north of addis and 400m higher, so 2,800m altitude. We started slowly but picked it up and overall the thin air made it a tough workout.