Thursday speed - 8 x 600m (3:30 cycle)

No double today! Just the single speed session this morning. Psychologically this was more pleasant than Tuesday - well, that was before the session began. Likewise, the session looked relatively easy on paper. The flip side is that due to the relative short duration and longer than usual rest periods, the intensity is once again very hard. Met with Darren & Justin (Emma called in sick) outside North Steyne SLSC after a 20 minute warm-up. Ran the odds south, the evens north. As always, the first one felt horrible (and was relatively slow), then the second one was the quickest. Not bad in terms of consistency, struggling the most between 5 and 7. 1:45, 1:42, 1:44, 1:43, 1:46, 1:45, 1:47 and 1:45. Averaged 1:45's, which translates to 2:55 min/km pace. A bloody hard session in the end (those rests between efforts felt shorter with each passing rep)! I haven't done this exact session before, but I did a similar one in late November under Ken which was 10 x 2 minutes (off 90 seconds), where I held 3:03 min/km pace. So quite an improvement since then, despite today's session being slightly shorter. A nice and easy 5km cool-down between Shelly and Queenscliff. An absolutely amazing sunrise - a stunning day out there. Devastated to see that it won't last for the long weekend!