I had noticed that whilst Strava had updated my race predictions for my loss of fitness following London (recovery + reduced training), Coros seemed to think I was still in full marathon training and fitness.
To correct this, I conducted a Coros Running Fitness Test at the start of today's 10 miles. 5 minutes easy, 25 minutes at marathon pace (based on a 43-46 minute 10k time), 3 minutes at 10k pace/effort, 3 minutes at 5k pace/effort (which I couldn't hold), 5 minutes cool down, then easy home.
A bit of a blow to the ego having the correction in fitness made, but it means I will get more accurate credit for the training I am doing going forwards (and is a fair reflection of what would happen if I went out and tried to race any of those distances right now).
12 weeks until Great North Run, we'll see if I can make enough improvement to get near 90 minutes again.
Longest run since London and completes the week with 40.65 miles (65.43km) run, including 6 hilly miles of racing, and this fitness test.
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