Mon 2 Jan  
8:36pm  9 miles.  A bit of an angry run!  Had planned a good double day today and then a staff member phoned in sick which shelved my lunchtime run and early finish.  Not a good start to my new years training.

Tue 3 Jan    
2:31pm  6 miles via the bank on my break   
6:21pm 10 miles including track session at Stockport after work.  1x2000m (400m jog), 10x400m (45secs).   A good session.  Most of the group were doing 16x400m off 45secs.  Steve Vernon, Ross Millington and Andy Nixon were doing 1x2000m then 6x400m ahead of their weekend race.  Just about kept up with Ross and Steve on the 2k, running 5 laps in lane 2 in 5:59.  Then the 400s were pretty decent: 66, 67, 66, 66, 66, 66, 66, 65, 67, 66.

Wed 4 Jan  
5:41pm  12 miles after work from the shop.  Appallingly bad weather, strong winds and heavy rain, this ended up being a slow run. 

Thu 5 Jan    
11:04am 6 miles with Ben.  Day off work today    
7:25pm  10 miles including track session 8x1000m (100m jog).   Solo session with the winds still pretty bad.  3:03, 3:03, 3:04, 3:04, 3:06, 3:04, 3:05, 3:05.  Just 'got it done'

Fri 6 Jan       
1:48pm  10 miles on my break.  Felt much better than I did on Wednesday!   
8:19pm  5 miles from home. 

Sat 7 Jan      
9:32am  11.5 miles including road session: 1x2000m, 6x60sec hills, 1x2000m, 4x60sec hills.  Session with Pat Martin, Alex O’Gorman and Mike Sawrey.   Didn’t feel good.  A bit sniffly throughout the day, then fully bunged up by the evening.  Decided to skip my planned evening recovery jog

Sun 8 Jan
9:15am  20 miles around the Bolton area.  Met at Nick Leigh's house.  Did most of the run with Matt, Nick and James Bailey before carrying on.  Woke up feeling a lot better and felt strong when the guys stopped at 15 miles so carried on

Weekly Mileage: 99.5