It will come though. When it gets tough at the end, just remind yourself those last 10-20 mins are the key, that’s when you are getting fitter. So if you have a target at fall short, even by 10-20 mins, you won’t be getting those adaptations we need. Something I’ve done in the past when long running and everything starts to hurt is see it as a positive. Because I know if I damage the muscles in my legs, as long as I get enough recovery the next day, they will then repair themselves and be stronger. If I don’t go far enough to cause those tears in the muscle fibres then that won’t happen. So in my head when the legs start hurting (and excuse my language here) I’m thinking “right legs, I’m going **** you up now”. All that said, it was off the back of an unplanned fast parkrun, so perhaps that was why it was more challenging than anticipated. Great work Matt. Some big points earned this weekend

Coach Simon 🍊