Hills, Hurdles, more hills and mud

Great end to the week, not exactly what I'd planned but some excellent base work.
Hills, a two hour hurdle session, CC6, 4 miles in the mud

Friday kicked off with 30 mins of yoga and finished with the Harriers hill session around Romsey.
A couple of strides up Campion way to warm up, then to Richmond hill for some speed endurance work.
First one in 77 secs, jog down then 68 for the second. Approaching summer speed.
On to Durban, first in 20, second in 22. Good pace, but tiring on the last.
Managed a slow jog home (about a mile and a half). Legs too tight to sprint up Botley rd.
Just before the hills I got an email from my Hurdles coach in Swindon - the weather's good - fancy some hurdling?

Even though the legs were tired you don't turn down a hurdling session with Howard.
Two hours focusing on the first 8 hurdles. Trying to get the right stride pattern. Coach worked out that I was losing half a second between hurdles 5 and 7. doesn't sound like much, but I lost the world champs by the same amount, so its worth working on.

By the time the CC6 arrived on Sunday morning (9.30!). I was shot. Race plan, knowing it was going to be hilly and muddy was to hang in there and finish without getting cramp.
Managed to get round in one piece in 20th place - behind 2 Harriers, Ian and Mark.
Definitely need a rest day tomorrow.