Not posted for a couple of weeks, but all continues on as I look to get ready for a 10K at the end of September.... the runs are gradually getting more comfortable, and a step up comes in another week. Currently it's long intervals (3.2 and 1.6km), shorter (2x1.6 and 1x1), plus an easy-paced 6.3km each week; occasionally I've back-to-backed runs depending on other commitments, and while I've felt it, I've not had anything more than a tired occasional ache. I even did one of the interval runs as part of a Parkrun (carrying on afterwards to complete the warmdown), and managed to break my course PB - down to 35:37. Then yesterday on the long intervals, I hit a new best for distance - over a fairly flat course, I covered almost 8km in just under 54 minutes.
Another week and the longer easy paced run goes up to 7.5km, and there's one run of about 45 minutes with some speed work included (ie some 500m sprints), and a 55 minute "Tempo Run" that I think will have me covering a bit over 8K.
I'm a little concerned about covering 10K for the first time on race day, partly as it's a cross country route with one or two small obstacles etc, so I'm going to see how the easy 7.5km runs go - it has me doing that about 6 times before dropping back a bit about 3 weeks before race day, so I'll see how I feel - after the first week, if it feels like I'm covering the distance and still have something in the tank, I think I'll gradually increase the distance with the aim of actually covering 10K about a month out, before the taper starts.
Not sure what I'll do after, although there's a local 10K road race next Easter that's a nice target, though dialling the distance down for a bit after might not be a bad idea - I might instead look at some speed and hill work for a bit in the hope it will improve my parkrun time, and keep the weekend run (other than parkrun) as an easy-paced run based on time rather than distance, and then start building back up again come the New Year!