At the suggestion of Ray and Marian at the weekend, I joined the Haywards Heath Harriers for a training session last night. The weather continued to impress as we completed two jogged laps of the grass track, before Brenda warmed up our office-bound muscles with a series of stretches and jumps.
Dave then started us on the hard work, with press-ups, sit-ups and squat thrusts interspersed with short jogs and sprints.
After another jog, he set us on a pyramid run around the track, with two, four, six, four, two minute race-pace runs, separated by one-minute recovery walks.
Brenda then stretched us out again and we completed a final slow lap of the track before heading for home.
It was a diverse and really friendly bunch of people and the training was sufficiently taxing to feel that I had given my body a good workout, without being exhausted. The facility there at Whitemans Green is pretty good too and I can recommend the group to any locals who want to improve their running.
For the record, I reckon I ran around 6 km, or 3.75 miles during the evening and I noticed one of the younger lads running home afterwards! Far too much energy!