Metres, that is, not pounds. I only wish contracting were that lucrative! Needed just under 18km last night to reach the season million, so was determined to get there. Pre-exercise HR was good again (88), but I could still feel the effects of Wednesday's session and didn't quite seem to have the pace.

Tried the new Eddie Fletcher-style warm-up. Based on my 2K, it was supposed to be 5K at 1:57-2:04, with bursts of 1:48, 1:42 and 1:36. Went a bit quick (probably about 1:55) during the steady stuff, even though I was consciously trying to slow down from the way I usually do it.

5K 18:56.2 (1:53.6) 27

Tried a 2K then, to get a time on the board for CTC, but wanted to make it a good one. Started at 6:40 pace again, but it was too much of a struggle to hold it. Did just over 1200m, and then facing a 6:44 I jacked it in. Should have stuck it out, but just didn't feel like it.

That left 12km still to do to reach the million, but I wasn't really up for anything too hard, so decided on just 3 x 4km - a quick first one, slower second and warm-down final.

4K 14:29.8 (1:48.7) 29
4K 15:08.4 (1:53.6) 28
4K 16:14.2 (2:01.8) 27

Last season, I got to the million metre mark in early January, having only started in mid-October. This year it's taken half the season to get there, and at the current rate of progress I'm not going to exceed my total metres for last year (just over 2.4 million), but things will be different after Christmas when I'm not working.

Metres: 18,221
Alcohol: 0