16-22 Feb

Finally getting rid of the last of the cold/flu I've had for a couple of weeks.  I was feeling pretty grim at the start of the week and missed my planned run on Tuesday, but managed a good interval session on Thursday and had a lovely 15km outdoor run today.

• Was pretty unrestrained when it came to food this week - had 3 or 4 occasions where I ate for the sake of it rather than because I was hungry.  Progress with weight loss is non-existent or even backwards.  Now behind schedule.  2/5.
• 4/5 for putting in the miles - ran 34.5km vs a plan of 41.
• 4/5 for making it to the start line - I skipped a run when I felt bad, but was a bit aggressive getting back to doing intervals.  I seem to have gotten away with it though.
• 4/5 for peaking for the race - stuck to my plan pretty well this week, although my long Sunday run was a bit too fast.

Overall 14/20


My intervals on Thursday ranged from 12.5kph to 13.5kph.  I'll try ramping up from 13kph this week and stop increasing the pace when it feels too much for me.


My first outdoor run of the year was nice: +2C, blue skies, sunshine.  Wind picked up a bit towards the end but I wasn't cold.  Nice to get a data point from an outdoor run to confirm my fitness is roughly where I thought it was.