"Richmond Hill"

A non racing week allowed my legs to recover again, but unfortunately have ended the session today with a very tight calf muscle! After a week of easy running and intervals (including 9 x 90 seconds) I decided it was time to get some hill work in.

Hills are something I have really struggled with in races following my return from injury, and to remedy this today consisted of a one hour hill fartlek session with every hill being run at a good steady pace between 20 seconds and three minutes in length (including Richmond Hill which climbs steadily over the Macclesfield Canal). It was only towards the end that the calf muscle really tightened up so we will have to see how it feels tomorrow. Hopefully it will recover for the mid week "Forest 5" which has a fifteen minute climb in it straight from the off!

Weekly mileage 21. Annual mileage 732 (week 29). Races 16.