daylight

6.7km in  28:48. went through 1st mile in 6:48 feeling good, turn at sub 14 & hit mini roundabout in 19:37, not so bad, I thought I was on for sub 28 at once stage but no chance really! effort was comfortably hard overall.

Tough week to run because of college commitments. Just had no time to get out at all. Cycled in & out all week though as weather was favourable so about 40kms of cycling in the legs because of that, no running since last post so expected to feel tired with alot of late night etc going against the cause, but actually felt fine.

Ran at a reasonable hour so it was bright, no rain & slightly cool. A good tune up run. & absolutely no problems with the knee so that's good...

pace was good & gave it a good push in the last km. good stuff.Obviously, need more endurance for craughwell but I have to prioritise my time. Next 3 weeks I'll do longer runs. 3 weeks for pure running coming up once we break up for easter so looking forward to that, until then it's a matter of maintaining my fitness & then continuing with the speed work (through my exams) that I satrter during easter whilst building for 5km series. have 3 5k races planned before the series itself starts so I reckon sub 19 is going to happen this year. Definitely.

Should be a good year. after this then I'll be free to ramp up the training volume so things are looking up...

This has been my first winter where I've been training all through it & have managed to keep my fitness up & can run 6:30 min miles all year round, that's good consistency. long may that continue...

Been paying close attention the Irish elections all this weekend. What utter drivel! it's gonna be a disaster no matter who gets in... best to ignore it then eh...