Tom’s Next Step

I came up with a different speed session again yesterday, this time a ‘down ladder’, running sprints of 100m, 90m, 80m, …….., all the way down to 30m, 20m, and 10m. Of course, the last two were more accelerations off …Continue reading →

Another 125 km run this week. As mentioned in my last post, I’m looking to give myself a bit more rest in coming weeks. Maybe not too much this week, but the following two or three weeks will definitely be …Continue reading →

For the first time in many weeks, I failed to improve upon a recent PB in my Thursday run. I kept it short today, attempting 800 metres. Several weeks ago I had run a 2:40, but today I could only …Continue reading →

I again ran a hill session this morning, with 3 x 200 metres on an 8% gradient. I wasn’t as consistent as in the same session two weeks ago – today my times were 47.0, 47.3, and 43.5. I was …Continue reading →

During my warmup this morning I decided to attempt 1500 metres in my weekly time trial. I naturally gave a bit of thought to the time I might do. It occurred to me that, should I run under 5:26, I’d …Continue reading →