Back on track with a good hill rep session

20M; double; VO2 max hill reps & recovery run
14M am; 12x800m hill reps at 5.00-5.06min/M plus 2M warm up / down
6M pm recovery run at ~6.45min/M

I felt much better today. Partly this is probably due to a few lighter days recently. Also, I got an early night (10ish) and got up in the cool early morning for my hard run. I finally tried out my new hill I'd spotted in Green Park. It's not as steep as the one I used before the marathon, but it's good and steep at the end, which is good.

I did 12 of them and found my pace was good throughout. In fact, I was fastest over the last couple (which were also the most painful). I should push harder next time, especially over the first half of each rep. My peak pulse was 204bpm and trough at the end of each rep ~112. Perhaps I should cut back on recovery time too - I currently jog back (~4min20s and then stand for 1 minute).

My recovery run felt good. No niggles.