September...

[El Gordo]

Now I understand torture...

It's called interval training. Sneaky things, intervals. They look manageable enough. Enticing, even. But! Gadzooks, I never realised different parts of the same muscle group could form a guerilla corp and mount surprise attacks with such savagery.

Still, I achieved what I set out to do, at least the "minimum" target for the day, and feel bloody good about it now.

And as soon as I'm out of traction I'll go for a slow easy...

Yeah, but feelin' good

MLC Man is back from the wilderness!

Good man. I'm in a very similar position. To be honest though, I think this period is relatively easy and enjoyable because we're feeling so enthusiastic and excited. It's the bit that follows this phase that's the real challenge. I was going to talk about this in today's entry (to come after my first 'long run' of the campaign), so I won't say much more at this stage.

But anyway, yes, intervals. Not something I've ever done much of, though I always say I will, and always feel I should. I need to learn how to run up hills, which is by definition a form of interval training. They are knackering, it's true, but I guess that's the whole point.

One question -- what is your training based on? Are you following a schedule, or just making it up as you go along? (I don't mean that to sound dismissive. It may well be that you need to make it up simply because you have an unusual goal and there probably isn't a specific plan out there that is perfect for your circumstances).