Thursday session

Managed to make it back in time (just) for the start of the Thursday club session at St Germain.

Despite the 5 minute locker room closing rule before the official start of the session, I managed to sneak in 2 minutes before the start and get ready in record time. We then all set off towards the park at St Germain where we ran at a very steady (read slow) pace for 25 minutes covering 3.5 km. We got back to the track beside the clubhouse where the real fun began.

The menu for the evening was 10 x 1 minute. All the regulars were there, including Nick and Laurence, but tonight we were joined by Mireille, the fastest female club member and Bruno and Francisco were also out. We set off around the track for the intervals and I stayed at the front with Francisco with Bruno just behind us. Mireille was also tagging along but Jean-Marc was pulling ahead. We repeated this for another 8 stretches and I could feel myself tiring with only 30 seconds recovery between each fast section. Nick was in the group behind with Alex and Laurence was running well with some other ladies.

On the ninth and final interval Bruno came past and I pulled out all the stops to try and keep with him until the end. Very satisfied with the session as I really pushed it and worked out to my utmost. Garmin recorded the fast sections as between 18.5 and 19.8 kmh. Good performance and 10 km all up.