Every gym session at Wembley Square never fails to irk me. Today on my third hill climb the treadmill just stopped dead. Thanks Virgin Active. Not only are half of your machines out of action at any one time, they malfunction as well. Thank the lord I wasn’t doing speed work because I’d have been over the top and in the pool before you could have said ‘WTF?’

Running notes
Route: Gym
Height climbed: 9 x 2 minute hill repeats (4 at 5 incline 10 speed, 5 at 5 incline 9.5 speed)
Time started: 17:34
Total time: 1:07:40
Total distance: 11:23km
Average pace: 6:01 min/km
Temperature: Outside 36˚ (inside Wembley Square probably 45˚)
Runner’s condition: Vexed
Runner’s weight: 71.2kg (Whoop whoop lost 1.2kg Christmas fat in a week!)
Song of the run: Casbah Wonder