Yasso 800s...ermmm Yakko?

This is a pre-long run post to tell you about my Wednesday run and psyche myself up for this evening. How can the London Marathon be in April when the weather is so rubbish for training outside. Oh well it'll be me slobbing in front of MTV Hits this evening so that I can head down to Brighton for the weekend.

Anyway Wednesday evening. I tried something called Yasso 800s - basically if I think I'm going to do 6 hours 30 mins, I do several sessions of 800m at 6 min 30 secs. In between each 800m at that speed I'm supposed to recover for 6 min 30 secs. Ok so I tried this and found that the running pace on the treadmill is 7.8 which is hardly higher than what I'm running in the long run...hmm may be I'm running to fast? The recovery 6.5 mins was interminable - I ended up leaving 5.5 mins between the last two 800m. I did 3 rounds, may be I'll do 5 next week. Anyway, still elated from being able to run any more than a minute at a time.

Tonight it's Urban Lyrics for 4 hours - or 15 miles/24 km. If that makes you want to lie down in a dark room already...well when you're doing that please remember me in the darkened room with Will Smith and Usher. Feel good at the mo, although the dreaded LURGY is approaching which will be a test for everyone around me (and has already been).

Oh Tuesday got into see Clive Anderson at Teddington Studios - only just, I was turned away originally, but the two ushers called me back as I was about to walk out of the door! Result.

Ok...cake for a birthday behind me...so better oblige...