Recovery and speed (in the rain)

12M - double; recovery & speed session
6M am recovery run with pack at ~6.00min/M
6M pm speed session incl 8x600m (1m48s-1m55s) with 200m (70s) jog recovery

I've had a briskish last couple of days, perhaps not the best preparation for a speed session, but hopefully that didn't take too much of the edge off the benefit I'll get from it. The rule is supposed to be 2 hard days in a row max. I usually try to take it easy before a speed session. Yesterday's 'fast and slow' session was not a truly hard one, but did leave me aware I had run by this morning.

That didn't impact on my recovery run, but I probably felt a bit less springy this evening at the track. Still, other than having to take a loo break in the middle, it felt like a good session where I could pour everything in. I began to tire after 3 reps, but that may just have been my need for a loo break, as I was faster for the last 4. The rain was pretty heavy, which made things entertaining. I need to get used to checking the forecast.

No niggles. Lightish day tomorrow (I want this week to be quite hard and then take it slightly easier next week in readiness for my race on 26th).