Recovery

15M double; recovery runs x2
8M am recovery run
7M pm recovery run incl 6x100m strides

Two easy ones today. One at lunchtime. One at 8.30pm. The second one had some strides in it. To get those legs working.

I had confirmation of my spot in Frankfurt Marathon on Oct 26th today...

Another nighttime session

16M double; recovery run & rep session
7M am recovery run
9M pm incl 6x4min hard off 2min jogger

Our current lifestyle means that the best time for me to run my sessions is after 9pm on the (alternate) days I'm not on new baby duty at that time (we split the night into 3 hour segments). It turns out that it's not a bad time for a session... just long enough after dinner that I haven't yet spewed and with the benefit of a whole day's activity to get my legs limbered up.

Today's was a 4min rep session. The same as last week. I ran it mainly along the flat, well lit section of Spaniards Road. I felt like I was recalling moving well.

My morning run was a gentle one around the Heath.

Recovery/steady

12M double; recovery run & steady run
7M am recovery run
5M pm steady run

Just some slower miles today around the heath. My legs were still tired from yesterday, but felt great on my evening run (hence it was a steady run).

Back with a bang

12M incl first 11M hard

I have run a couple of days since last Wednesday, when baby 2 was born, but not anything close to my usual. As a result, my legs felt Kimetto-like and (thanks to my chipper mood and Dennis himself), I was of a mind to run myself into the ground.

The result was a pretty good, longish tempo session. Run at gone 9pm. On a stomach full of figs and ricotta.

Summary of week ending 28/09/2014

TOTAL =48M and a baby!

Just six

6M am recovery run

I had meant to run a bit of the way home today, but had various baby-related things to pick up and didn't want to miss any home time, so just ran once instead.

I'm not sure when I'll have any gaps that fit well with running in the coming days.

Eight

8M double; recovery run & short tempo
5M am recovery run
3M pm hard

We had a baby yesterday! I had clinic this morning (and do again tomorrow), so just ran to and from work. I ran home full pelt.

Good reps

20M double; steady run & rep session
10M am steady run
10M pm incl 6x1.2K off 2min jog

I ran a steady one this morning - fairly swiftly, as my legs were in the mood. On the way home, I ran my best rep session in quite a while. I ran just six reps of 1.2K off a slightly longer recovery (2 minutes). It meant I could really let rip from the beginning. Hopefully, the speed is beginning to come to me now.