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All this talk of VLSR's is putting me off doing the 2nd McMillan 10k workout tomorrow (1 x 2M, 4 x 1M). I will hold steady and not vary off course. The superstitious routines is oh so true OG -  I seem to be collecting a load of them in quite a short time which I don't seem to shake off.

Gerard, if Abingdon did interest you, there are generally lots of places being resold (legitimately) once training begins - that was certainly the case last year. Keep up with the no-smoking - could have big pb effects.

Both options sound like a short step away from boredom. Mix things up.

South Downs Marathon sat 8th June is open.  Lovely area. It doesn't quite meet the 'not hilly' brief as there is approx 5,500ft assent, but I bet the views are good.

I'm tinkering with a bit of 10k training, although I keep destroying what I do with too much speed work, and still am in the habit of doing 20milers. These two articles were of interest. The first one being about threshold run or interval training:

http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/10k-training-512?#

Personally I tend to focus on threshold/tempo runs due to the marathon bias, but need to accept this may changes.

And some sessions to try:

http://www.runnersworld.com/race-training/performance-page-best-10k-workout

Regardless of this, it should really be built around some general areobic running

 Bugger, late to the party JP3.  I could have told you about my run, 8.273 miles at an average pace of 7:32.8 min/miles, and a heart rate of 74%, 134.76m ascent , multi-terrain, 12degrees c, light traffic, one nod from another runner,  1 encounter with a dog wearing an ipod.

Never mind, today is another day, with another run to discuss.