I cut short my track session this evening as the calf above my troublesome achilles became really tight & I didn't want to risk doing any serious damage to it. The planned session was 4X400m, 3X600m, 2X800m, 1X1000m, 3X400m, 2X600m, with 30seconds recovery between the 400s, 40 seconds between the 600s, 1 minute between the 800s & 2 minutes before the 1000m. The idea was to run the efforts faster than 5k race pace, especially the 1000m.
I was running with Mark I & Dave B for most of the session as well as someone from Otley AC. The first set of 400s averaged 81 seconds, the 600s 2:08 & the 800s a bit slower at 2:55. For the 1000m we then picked up the pace again to run 3:29. By the time we got to the second set of 400s, I was starting to feel the efforts in my achilles/calf and slowed to 86 seconds. I then opted out of the final 2X600m.
Not sure how serious the injury is, tomorrow I won't run as I'm driving to Norfolk & back. I might not run on Friday as well to give it more of a chance to recover. Apart from the calf problem, I was very pleased with the way I was running, particularly the sub 3:30 km - although that's probably what triggered the muscle tightness.
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