Bike ban

I have had a bit of a revelation recently in that despite being a runner who likes to ride a bike, and a runner who races running races, I tend to try and fit my running around biking to work. My commute is an undulating 23 mile round trip, which is a great distance to maintain fitness and get you fitter, but can also leave you feeling tired occasionally. I then try and fit running around these commutes. I do prefer to ride to work than to drive - I'm more awake in the morning when I get to work, and by the time I'm home I've done my exercise and can relax, as well as the eco element of just driving less! BUT....

So I've tried a week without the bike, but with more running. Great but I miss my bike! I'll just have to start introducing it again after a week or two. Still it has made me more focussed on what running I'm doing. Tuesday was a series of five 1 mile efforts, in the dark. The mile is not 'flat' either, but I managed 6:10, 6:54, 6:20, 6:52 and then 6:53 (can you tell which were up the valley and which were down?). Including warm up and down this totalled 7.5 miles.

Wednesday was two laps of a local loop one with P and one without. My legs felt tired after the previous few days but I managed a negative split for the two laps! Total 5.5 miles.

Thursday morning was a gentle run of 2 miles to work, and back then a brutal session of 5 x (6 x 10 sec on, 20 secs off) up a steep hill. I really thought my lunch was going to see the light of day again! Total 4.5 miles.