I spent most of this week trying to fight off a cold. It never got so bad that I had to stay home from school or cancel a run but I certainly wasn’t feeling 100%. My first workout of the week was my favourite “crazy speed” workout. My times were a bit slower than when I did the workout two weeks ago but it was a solid effort. I really have a love/hate relationship with this workout. It’s challenging for me to complete but I honestly believe that it’s great for developing fitness.

The other key work out of the week was the race simulation long run. My final five hard miles came out to a good average pace but the mile splits were all over the place (9:10, 8:50, 8:35, 9:19, 8:50) which isn’t great. I really struggled during the hilly fourth mile but that’s probably good practice for my half marathon in four weeks.