Fire it up!

No point wondering what will happen, I thought to myself ......

Today I put myself down for a solid session as a confidence booster pre-marathon.

There was a big gathering for our long run and I soon found myself setting the pace with Phil and the two Johnnies (aka Phil, Johnny and Johnny). The Johnnies had us under 5 min/km within the first couple of kms (that's sub 8 min/miles after the first mile). I moved it to marathon pace around 4:40s on the way out and we still had time to chat quite comfortably.

On the way back, Phil set the pace at 4:20s and I hung on and occasionally found the energy to surge and catch him. Our last km was sub 4 min and I finished off my first decent session since my injury back in September.

For me it was flicking the turbo switch and hoping I wouldn't blow up. Phew, it all seems to be hanging together and I feel the best I have for a very long time now. Heading off on holidays on Tuesday and looking forward to that helps as well.