A.M. Very slippery this morning, easy paced short steep hill run with 8 x 100m strides in the patches where it wouldn't involve speed skating. Total 14,1k in 1:13:22, av pace 5:12/k, 8:22/mi.
2nd run dropped tonight to give my body some additional rest before tomorrow's 10k. Race conditions look interesting with a warm temp in the afternoon (6°C/43°F) and strong winds and rain which is going to make a good muddy course. This time I have an idea what to expect and want to do better than the 1st race to get a time under 39. We were warned last time that this 2nd race is part of a company team series so there will be more participants. It is a narrow course 2 -3 runners wide after approx 200m so its going to be a mad early scramble to get into position. | 