Day 63: Sprint Session in the Cold
The Return of Daylight (Sort Of) This morning’s run brought with it the reassuring sight of daylight creeping back into the early hours. Setting off just after 6 am in Rochester near The Math School, I was greeted by a sky turning a promising shade of blue. However, while the sun may have been making a grand return, the temperature had clearly missed the memo. With the mercury barely nudging past 1 degree Celsius, it was the sort of cold that made a warm bed seem like the better athlete in this scenario. Sprints, Slopes, and Strides The session itself was a tough one: 9 x 10-second sprints, each followed by a 3-minute recovery to ensure that maximal effort could be thrown into every burst of speed. Given that the terrain around The Math School is distinctly lumpy, maintaining a smooth stride was occasionally more of a theoretical exercise than a practical one. A couple of times, I had to make minor adjustments mid-sprint, which my legs have since filed under “things to complain about l...