Staying in a house in a 'remote' location for a week makes for perfect training conditions: less than 15 minutes cycling to the closest boulangerie for the group's daily baguette runs,
and an almost daily 'interval' jog around the hill where the house was - 2 loops is almost a 5k and rotating between running clockwise, and anti clockwise - to rotate the balance on the legs.
As there were no tall structures around I had every reason to believe the accuracy of the GPS maps and the consistently sub 9:45 min miles I have been churning.
But consistency is the key and I ran out time to perfect it.
The previous week had been one identifying baselines for interval training but struggling to find the balance between enjoying a sunny ride almost to home (20 mile cycle day on a work day!) or to get 290litres of soil out for a new raised veggie patch, or actually hitting out the miles.
Had a good hour in the park next to my office last week - 5k Parkrun and then a few intervals in few locations. So close - that I could go out again day after day after day. But... The morning traffic? The unending pile of work? Would an hour outside make the real difference or will it be one laden with guilt when deadlines loom :(
Over the weekend I focused on running slow and not stopping on my long run, 7 miler to old Windsor. I cannot run too slow at the start, but slowed down when approaching a turning point, except for the second last mile.
Maybe it is the mindset? How to be slow and steady?
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