I have six months to train for the London 10k. Tam suggested the two months prior to the race be 10k-specific training. The four months prior to those should be used to experiment..

After I removed the frilly pink corset and matching suspenders and swapped the red vinyl CFM boots for some runners, I was out the door for a “slow as possible” EARL run.

I figured, with my legs still trashed from the recent PB and my for-once-in-my-life-I’m-not-eating-enough dizzy spells of late, I was due for a “rest”.

Running slow(er) is harder than I’d imagined. With no real need to concentrate on breathing, every spare nerve impulse was free to relay the pain from my shins to my brain. I guess there was none of that adrenalin/dopamine pain-blocking. It hurts to be me. Time was a Zimmerframe-equivalent 49:03.