Easy Saturday

Usual pre-race practise for Nico and I and we programmed an easy jog around the forest above Le Mesnil rather than heading out to Cora. When we woke up Laurence said that she was going for a run too and I finally managed to persuade her to run with us (actually I'm not convinced that I persuaded her at all - it was probably Nico as she only made up her mind once we were outside with Nico on the pavement).

Having promised Laurence that we would run at club session warm-up pace (6:30/km), we promptly set off up the hill on the road towards the forest running 5:50 in the progress. We sped up a little after this running at 5:30 pace before pushing it to 5:15 pace or slightly faster than Laurence's marathon pace. She was relaxed and chatting to both of us about her week in the Auvergne so I figured that she wasn't too uncomfortable at this speed.

9.4 km all up in 51:24 or an average of 5:25. The pace and temperature was very comfortable .This will be a completely different story tomorrow when the forecast is predicting 31°C and we're running the marathon relay with Nico, his brother, a friend and myself. Our predictions were for a 2:46 overall time but there'll be no chance of this in 31°C.