Tempo session. A tough one tonight - 1 mile at 10k pace, a 2 minute rest, 2 miles at between 10k and HM pace, a 3 minute rest, then 1 mile at 10k pace again, but maybe a tad quicker than the first. I was not feeling it. Dark and rainy. Miserable. Leaves everywhere. I prevaricated about where I was going to do it. The good thing was despite all that I knew I WOULD do it. It was either NOW or 6am tomorrow morning. Get on with it!! The moment I started running it all changed. Loved it. And nailed it even if I do say so myself! Mile 1 - 7.18 (Mile 2 - 7.30 Mile 3 - 7.30) Mile 4 - 7.08 How stonking is that? Really pleased with that session and hitting all the targets. I’m so grateful that I don’t lack motivation to do my running. I sometimes wonder if it’s a spell that will suddenly be broken - the thought fills me with dread, but so far so good. In the 12 or so years I’ve been running I’ve never had a problem with motivation. For the past 14 months or so I’ve also had a running coach for the first time - @joshgriffithsruncoaching. In that time I’ve basically never skipped a session - I changed an interval session for a social run when it was 30° one day, and I bailed on a session a few weeks ago due to tiredness and was up & out at 6am the next day getting it done. Repetition makes habit which gets you through those times when motivation might be lacking. Being accountable helps too! I think basically the best thing you can do to improve your running is consistency - don’t drop out of sessions without a GOOD reason. Turn up. I’m no expert mind but that’s how it seems to me. Book on. Turn up. Get better 😀 I say all this not as some sort of brag but really to say how bloody grateful I am that there is this one thing where I can actually be bothered. If only I could be as good with my diet and sleep let alone anything else in life! 🙈🙈🙈 Ramblings of Dave over. I wore @brooksrunninguk #hyperiontempo and the lush #runvisible kit due to the dark miserable nights. Kindly gifted. #brooksrunhappy #runnersofinstagram #running #cardiff #trailrunning #wales #ukrunchat #instarunners #gayrunner #runhappy #fitness #brooksrunhappyteam #brooksrunning