A bit of a purple patch

20M - double; recovery run and medium long run
5M am recovery run at ~8.00min/M
15M pm medium long run at 6.08min/M (miles 0-5), 5.49 (5-10) & 5.43 (10-15)

My legs are on good form and not minding the mileage. I could just about feel some ache from yesterday morning's hill reps, but hardly anything really. And I've got a good spring in my stride. Long may it last. I go through these purple patches. Perhaps one comes every 6 or so weeks. They last a couple of weeks. I just need one to come in 12 weeks (marathon day is April 17th).

Yasmin and I had a nice tootle in to work together along the river first up. A good little stretch of the legs. My knee was a little painful at the beginning, but settled.

My evening run was a good one. I ran it as a 15 mile crescendo run, picking up the pace as I went. I found a good rhythm early on and put my foot down properly from 10. There's a fair bit of hill on the last 5 miles, so 5.43 required a bit of an effort.

Knee good on the second run. Nearly gone. No other niggles. My calf is good.

I have a fell race on Saturday(!), so I'll have a bit of a lighter day tomorrow.