August 2013

[marathondan]

This morning saw another set of hill sprints, thirty seconds bursts of arm pumping, leg thrashing fury followed by the same period of wheezing, sweating and stumbling. On the last (downhill) dash I glanced at the Garmin to see 5' 16" pace. That's fast! And yet, several decades ago, Roger Bannister ran roughly thirty percent faster for just under four minutes. I held that pace for around fifteen seconds, or until just before I barfed up a lung.

Nice work, sir. Glad to see you getting stuck into some serious sessions, no mincing around getting acclimatised and so on. Great to see you on a mission once more.