800m hill reps - faster

22M - double; 17M incl 20x800m hills & 5M recovery run
17M am incl 20x800m hill reps at 2.40-2.43 (up) & 2.24-2.27 (down) off 45s
5M pm recovery run at ~6.45min/M with pack

I struggled to rouse myself from sleep this morning despite an early night. But when I did push myself out the door, I had a cracking session! I ran 20 reps of (roughly) 800m on the Brockwell Park hill, alternating up and down with 45 seconds rest between reps. The aim was to hurt on the ups and find good form on the downs.

I couldn't remember what splits I'd run previously for this one, and was feeling as if I wasn't quite hitting that great a pace. But I kept my head down, and if anything found more speed as the session went on. Most of my uphill reps were at 2.43. The last three were 2.40, 2.40 and 2.42. My downs held steady time-wise too.

In fact, comparing it to my previous session of the same three weeks ago, I was considerably faster. Five to ten seconds per rep on the ups. Good news.

I was really in the mood for running at the end of the reps, so carried on running all the way to work. The run home felt ok, though my legs are still glowing.