In The Club

Nah, not 'that' club, but the Calne Running Club.  I was very brave and took myself off to the club tonight and really pleased that I did.  Not many runners but all seemed very friendly.  Tonight is their effort night, so it consists of interval training which I wasn't expecting.  Anyway, 2 x 800m, 2 x 600m and 4 x 400m later I was surrounded by a glow of satisfaction for a job well done.  The idea is to run the given distances as fast as possible and the recovery periods reduced from 1 minute 30 seconds down to 40 seconds between the 400 metres.  It was certainly hard going and it made me appreciate how comparatively slowly I normally run.  Tonight I averaged 7:30 minutes/miles so considerably faster and boy did I know it .... I was willing the 400m runs to be over.  However, I made it and at no point did I feel like coming back to a walk so all good.  The chairman Tony remarked that I had a very good running style (apparently I carry my arms nice and low) and that for a 5-week beginner I did really well so that was a boost to the old ego (I'm hoping he just wasn't being 'nice').  Next Thursday?  Bring it on.