Oddly enough, I was feeling a lot better by Thursday, but stull not quite 100%. The original plan had been to do a couple of hours in the evening with Helen, picking up with Ken's group for part of the run. Helen couldn't make it though, so I set off on my own in the rain at half six, and only just made it to Knight's Grange by seven - I'd forgotten how long it took to get from the Whitegate Way to the Grange! Still, at least there wasn't much of a break before I got going with Ken and the gang. We had a run down to Vale Royal Abbey and back along the river, a nice easy 55 minutes worth - I made sure to stay behind Val and Jo so as not to hijack their session! These runs always seem to be very chatty and relaxed after the more intense interval sessions with the other group.
Back at Knight's Grange, I was still feeling full of energy, so I jogged over to the track where there were a few doing a 8x1000m session. John Carroll was there, trying to get back some fitness, and so was James, just about to begin his last rep - so I did a kilometre with him at my 5K pace - silly in the middle of a long run, but fun. Afterwards, Tom was the only one going on a long warm-dwon, so I ran a road lap with him before I peeled off in the pitch blackness for home. It's all pretty flat, and my night-vision is reasonable, although I will admit to walking the steps down to the locks on the Weaver! I'd been running for exactly two hours by the time I got home.
I've had the last two days off, in preparation for the 10K at Sutton tomorrow. I've decided to treat it as a standard race day, and ditched plans to do a long run off the back of it - I think it would take too much out of me and I have hard days planned later in the week. I just hope I can get myself in the mood for a good run tomorrow, I really need to lay the ghost of last year's dreadful race on the same course when I finished at a stagger! Still not feeling great, but it's got to be lived with!
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