It's been a bloody miserable day and has been raining that kind of pathetic drizzly rain. The sky looked positively apocalyptic as the nation braced itself for more snow (yawn). It's track night tonight and Alex has been working in Driffield today (is that near Hull?) I was slightly concerned that he might get stranded and join the weather obsessives by looking out of the window constantly to check for snow!
I got a phone call from Bozza at about 5.00 saying that he was on his way back, traffic is practically at a standstill and it's snowing heavily. I get an update from him an hour later saying that things are improving the closer to home he gets.
So it's a quick change and off to the track. On the menu tonight was 1 mile warm up, 3 x 2k (5 laps of the track) intervals in 9 mins (7 min mile pace) with 2.30 mins active recovery and 1 mile cool down. Are you still with me?!
After our warm up on the road we set off on the track. The first 200 metres were clear but when we get to the second we're surprised to see that it's covered in snow and sludge. I do wonder how safe it's going to be because we don't own a pair of spikes. It makes it a little bit tougher, but it's ok and I decided that the best way to deal with it is to plough straight through! It was raining quite heavily, it was cold and my hair was going all Rod Stewart on me but I just keep telling myself that it's only 18 laps and I would run this distance easily on the road. It is slightly disheartening when groups of young, fast athletes come thundering past you, but you've just gotta focus on your own goal.
I have to say I was relieved to get to the last lap and 'style out' (I'll talk about that a lot!) the last 100m. Honestly, it wasn't that bad. Let's hope the Liversedge Half Marathon on Sunday is as pleasurable. Some how I don't think so......
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