Well for the next few weeks at least. This is the last session at the track before the lockdown kicks in. Hopefully just the 4 weeks but nobody really expects it to be that short.
I forget to take any pictures until we are leaving, then get distracted so it turns out like a very arty shot.
However, back to the plot. We start with some agility runs – mini hurdles in a square to leap in and out of.
Then it’s onto fartlek – 9x200m with 150m in between. Marcus and I set off but he soon loses me as he jogs his 150s. I manage walk 75 jog 75 for 3 of the runs then revert to walking. My calf feels a little tight but nothing that really impedes me. I decide to see what happens and keep going as nothing changes neither better nor worse.
I manage to keep a good pace both walking and running. I’ve recently returned to the ASICs fold – I used to love them for volleyball. I’m now using my Sortie Japan Seiha 2 racing shoes. I’m loving them. Really light and flat to help feel the running form. I found other trainers a bit to chunky, particularly around the heel, for speed work.
I end up lapping all bar three of the other runners and feel completely dead at the end so hopefully got that about right.
Finish off with various medicine ball drills, the usual sanitising rituals of hands, balls and mats sets us up for the warm down jog and stretch. Finally a brief from coach Deb about keeping fit over the lockdown period. Life made easy for Marcus and I to work in a pair.
