Comfort Zone here, Me, waaaaaay over there!

Running
Tonights session was as follows, 1x800 mtre, 5x400 mtre with 2 minute recovery (5 minute recovery before last set). Splits as follows:
800 mtre - 3:22 (better than last weeks 3:29)
Now before the 400 mtre sets started I was asked to try and stick to the back of the leaders of our particular group and challenge myself, gulp, OK
1st - 90
2nd - 91
3rd - 91
4th - 98 (alright, it was taking it's toll)
5th - 93
Someone asked me how I felt after the first 3 sets, well, am I supposed to feel like throwing up?? I will get better at this, just another bridge to cross that's all, damn hard though, sprinting (yes, those times are sprinting for me, don't mock) is not my forte, but hey, I love a challenge :-) I really concentrated on how it felt and what my body was doing tonight, I start off well, but the form drops as I fatigue and I become quite tense. So the goal for next week is to try to relax into it and hold my form throughout. In summary, it hurt, I was challenged and I am pretty pleased with the set.

Samhain
For my northern hemisphere bretheren today is Samhain (pronounced sowen). For the Celts it was not even a remotely sinister affair, it marked the end of Summer and the beginning of Autumn, in essence it is the Harvest Festival. There would be 3 days of celebrations and feasting, a place would be set for the dead and tales about the ancestors would be told and animals would be slaughtered for the winter. Halloween on the otherhand is the secular derivation of the Christian celebration of All Hallows Eve and All Souls Day.

Thus ends the incredibly brief history lesson for today.