A.M. A little tired to begin this morning, I woke up feeling hungry in the middle of the night then struggled to get back to sleep. 16k with 10 x 100m strides was on the plan. After warmup I decided to run alternate kms at easy pace and gmp. Initially it felt easy but the last couple of kms was a conscious effort to hit mp. The coup de grace was the strides at the end of the workout, I was trotting slower and slower in between to recover. Much warmer temperatures this morning and I was overdressed, but thankfully the snow is nearly all gone now. Total 19k in 1:24:28, av pace 4:27/k or 7:09/mi with 8k at gmp. | 