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Tuesdays 8 x 800m at parliament hill track last night. I wasn’t feeling well but decided to go along just to keep the routine. I backed it off to run reps in ~2:57 rather than ~2:52. For me that’s the difference between deep but steady breathing and “welcome to oxygen debt” by the finish line.
Big difference was how I felt today - last two weeks Wednesday morning run after Tuesday night track were horrible. This morning’s was fine - just a bit tired.
That’s three weeks of a long run, a 2x2 mile tempo within a 7 mile run, track session (800 or 400m) and two 6 mile runs each week.
I’m now going to actually really truly dial it back for a rest week. Will run 4/5 times but no longs, tempo or track I was always crap at rest weeks when cycling - and end up paying for it a few months down the road.