On 1st April, I managed a 27:02 ParkRun, which was close to my PB of 26:27 - close but no coconut in this case. I pushed pretty hard, I felt pretty awful (see photo!) and I really didn't think I could have run it any faster. Fast forward a week, back at the start line and my trusty friend Andrew said to me "I reckon you'll go faster this week." My response was quite literally "not a chance" - I'd quite literally given it everything the week before and I didn't think I had any more in me. Added to which, I was feeling groggy and my lower back was stiff and sore. But, as is the way of group running, I set off fast and kept pushing. In fact, I had decided last week that ParkRun was destined to be my "tempo" training run of the week. As with the previous week, I started my FitBit then didn't look at it again as I ran - there was no need to check the distance as it's a set course, and looking at my time might either depress me or make me anxious to push harder. I followed my body and my breath (out of) and...
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This morning I took part in my second ever parkrun. My first was 2 weeks ago in mild ice then last week it was totally freezing and there was no way I was going to slip again and murder my poor coccyx as I did a few weeks ago. So today was a balmy (!!!) 6 degrees above freezing, the mildest morning for weeks. I set out without a particular plan aside from doing the run - I have an 8 mile training run for Reading Half Marathon tomorrow, so I didn't want to do anything too ambitious. Without meaning to, I managed to run the best 5k time I've managed in many, many months. So hopefully this won't have killed me for tomorrow - I did push myself and it was hard going, but a few weeks ago 11:30 miles were hard going!
Yesterday I entered myself for the Race for Life Marathon on 8th October. I may actually be insane. That said, as my fitness improves, so does my overall sense of wellbeing. I've set up a JustGiving page to fundraise for Meningitis Now, a charity close to my heart. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Marathon-for-Archie Distance: 5k Time: 29:09 Average pace: 9:26 Fastest mile: 8:56 Type of run: Threshold Cardio fitness score: 40 |
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