The more astute amongst you will already have noticed that I didn't end up running the set session. I was pulled short in the last 2 reps by Martin & Barry, as I looked shot. To be honest, I think the 2:22 first rep trashed the session for me, I was so far in lactic debt after that one, the rest just felt plain rough. I also reckon it might be time to chuck the Saucony Fastwitch,as they feel considerably past their best.

On the coaching front, I received two bits of advice. The first was from Martin after the 2nd rep, when he told me to shorten my stride length but increase my cadence, to try and reduce the impact loading I'm putting myself through. It felt quite hard to do, as I haven't got the leg turnover for it (yet!) but I can see his point; it's definitely the way forward. The second bit of advice was from Barry, after the session. Basically my arm action is tripe, my open hand results in too much forward movement from my arms (to coin the phrase, running like a Thunderbird puppet). I've been advised to practice running with a loosely closed hand, with my arms moving more into the mid-line of the body. I've been warned it may feel weird but to practice it on my easy running. I'll let you know how it goes...