A sharp session at the track

7M am speed session incl 15x300m at 50-53s off 44-55s jog

I only have time for one session today as I'm heading to the hills of Bekoji a few hours drive away for a week. It's the home of Bekele among other Ethiopian greats. It's also the focus of an upcoming documentary film called Town of Runners (out in April in the UK I'm told).

More of that in the coming days I should think.

Anyway, the travel meant that we had an early start so that we could head to the track in time not to disrupt travel arrangements. It was a cinder track of less than 400m in the grounds of an army barracks (judging from the number of soldiers watching).

Mike and I were assigned the task of running 15 300m reps. It felt good after some longer stuff recently. Plus, I think I've acclimatised to the altitude a fair bit since last week's speed session (which left me gasping). Our splits were pretty even, even once we shortened the recovery a bit.