find that I can run for two hours and hardly be fatigued but make me do two miles at threshold pace and I am in bed by 8pm with a warm drink! Overall though, my training is going really well. I've felt a touch tired during a few sessions but all my

tangible improvementd to my speed and endurance. I know that sounds pretty obvious - but I've been running at my "comfy" pace for so long, I almost thought that was all I was capable of doing. Finally, I'm getting faster without tipping into my threshold

calves. The half-marathon, and FLM beyond it, seemed unattainable.Hours of plodding at what seemed a ridiculously slow snail's pace round the local park and beyond, interspersed with manic Kenyan Hills and threshold sessions followed. Followed by close

! Shortstop Does anyone work their period around key races?I'm dreadful a few days before... weepy and negative, low pain threshold, worse endurance. I don't want it to interfere with my Ironman in a few months. Nam Join the thread For the week ending 13