This night I did one of the best training runs of the whole summer. A 1.40 effort, something like 25K with increasing speed. Started at around 4.20 /km and the last hour went definitely under 4.00 / km.
The most remarkable thing happened however in Espoo central park at 22.00: the lights went suddenly out! I was really pissed off as I was in the middle of a 4K course and had still something like 10 minutes to go in a fast-paced session. Ten years ago, back in Riihimäki, they ran lights on all night long in places like Riutta, some 5K out of town…
Last friday I did another fast-paced 12K (between 4.00 and 3.40 / km). That run didn’t go too well. It was also plagued by a toilet-stopover.