It was a rough winter.
My run volume drops even further in early 2019 - from already low monthly levels in past years I drop below 200k in November and then to a meager 70k for entire month of February:
Skiing, snowboarding cut into training. And short almost daily swim sessions, indoor cycling and daily strength work make up even higher percentage of my weekly routine. A niggling injury fuels a diminished desire to add volume.
Surely I have maintained overall fitness, but running stamina seems to have suffered. Foolishly I lose sight of my long-term perspective on enjoying the process and get fixated on clocking a fast 10k time. This does not happen. On two flat, fast courses I only manage to run 38 minutes for 10k - in both cases fading over the last half of the race.
But now thoughts turn to obstacle course training
