Better After-Feeling After Short, Sharp, Running.

Back to the football pitch this evening for more interval training.  Yet again the GAA football team were training and yet again God turned on the sprinklers.  Our beautiful summer is becoming a memory.  Still, there is no better way to enjoy rain than to get out and run in it.  This interval training, or 'repeats', gives you a great buzz afterwards.  Although it is far more enjoyable to go out for a run in the countryside, I have to admit that the after-feeling is definitely better with these short sharp sessions.  Today called for a 10-20 minute warm-up, followed by 12 laps of the pitch at a fast pace, with a 90 second rest between laps.  To end the session there was another 10 minute warm down.  I found the going tough from lap seven but managed to keep a decent pace (no clue what pace though - must get garmin!).  I'm definitely starting to feel a bit fit and that feels great.  Still, there is a long way to go until the Dublin Marathon so, whatever you say, say nothing.