Thanks for that Pilot Pete,
I seem to recall Fartlek training at school! Hopefully when I get some more free time I will be able to hit the swimming pool again. I used to do 90 lengths a day at my local pool at one time believe it or not and the benefits were enourmous as I recall.
At the moment I am content to use the treadmill we've got in the spare bedroom but in all honesty it's getting a little boring. Even blasting the Stranglers out to make it more interesting is only causing the neighbours to get annoyed about the noise as I have to have the tape player at number 11 to hear it over the treadmill!
Anyway, I have noted the advice about taking it easy to start with and will hopefully keep this exercise kick going and build up to bigger and better things!
Cheers for all your help,
VFE.