Stealth Training

Stealth training. I don't mean training in a secretive way. I mean chugging away training with no real structure and you realise that you've strung together a few decent weeks of effort. That's me at the moment. It struck me on Tuesday as I was doing a track session (running). It felt slightly more comfortable - still not fast but I was moving at speed (relative speed!) without feeling awkward. I suppose this is a good sign. But as normal, injury is only a sharp intake of breath away. I felt a twang during the last rep of the session and I had to pull up and jog back to the finish line. To be honest, the strain doesn't feel very good and I will rest up over the weekend. But also as normal, I tested the injury with a tempo 6 mile effort today. I ran with a guy from work; guess what? He's older than me! But still a tasty runner and training for the London Marathon. We cruised round in 39 mins and I felt quite perky, with lots in the tank.

So in a sort of stealthy way I feel in reasonable shape, apart from the thigh strain. I hope to run the Lincs Services Cross Country League at St Neots on Wednesday so let's see if I can round that race in one piece. It's a run focus at the moment so not much swim action going on. Biking is single speed fun and gazing at the Specialized Transition Pro that resides with me in my Mess room!