It's character building...

...to go out before breakfast into the teeth of a chill easterly wind and do 10 x 400m reps. That was what I told myself as I plodded down the lane to my start point on the flat(ish) back lane to Staveley. It'll be good for you. You'll benefit in the long run. Now stop whingeing and get on with it.

An hour or so later I was back home enjoying a generous glug of chocolate milk shake which has become my default 'recovery treat' after an interval or other hard session. Ten intervals under my feet, all run pretty evenly at around 1:44. Job done. Character built.

But it was bloody freezing.

Smileyrating  3/10, rising to 9/10 when the smugness coefficient is factored in!