I couldn’t do my usual Tuesday session as I had to get the car home so the OH could get to a doctor’s appointment.
The session was to be 2 by 800 4 minutes rest then 4 by 400 and I was tempted to give the session a go on my own. The street parallel to mine is spot on 800 metres, straight and relatively quiet, but really, I am not so good doing these on my own, I really need the group atmosphere to pull me though.
Instead I did the same session as Friday night, the tempo run around the block which door to door comes in at spot on 9km, I didn’t have to cut it short tonight to stop at the supermarket. I decided to run clockwise this time, I usually run it anti, it is an undulating route but it is pretty even so just as many ups as downs tonight as there were on Friday.
Despite feeling a bit blah at the outset it turned out to be a ripper of a run, 9km in 44:53, just under a 5 minute km average, even with the uphills 
Unfortunately I did have to stop for a couple of minutes at around the 4km mark because I had some cramping in my abdomen, just another of the joys of being a chick. This happens from time to time around mid-cycle and usually pops up when I am exercising but it passes pretty quickly. I tried to run though it but it was slowing me up, I figure better to stop, take a few deep breaths and let it past and then crack on.
Very happy with the pace today though, hard enough to feel like I was working hard but not so much that I was struggling and hanging out to stop. Bit by bit my training paces are starting to improve and I have this subtle sense that I am becoming stronger, it is a good feeling
