Threshold intervals – 3.4miles

Had a good run tonight. It was my Pilates class at the gym at 7pm, so I went out at 6pm after a good stretch.

I started with 0.8miles at what felt a very slow 8:31min/mile pace. After that I did 3 sets of half a mile at about 7.40 mile/min pace with a quarter of a mile recovery in between.

It was the first time I’ve done a really serious speed session on the road since my stress fracture, and it felt good. It was great to get up on my toes pushing the pace.

I think I could have gone further too… but Pilates was calling!

Pilates was good but painful. A lot of the exercises were focussing on the hips and outside of the legs, so these started to get a bit sore as the hour session ended. It was good to end with some real good stretches though (and then the obligatory swim and sauna!).