Distance ran in training - 113.3
Distance ran this week - 16.2
Well what a week this has been. Put off by cows, beat by work, bamboozled by the weather
Sunday it was a case of straight out of bed and going to work so no chance to get any running done then Monday and Tuesday was the tail end of Hurricane Katia so no way was I going out running in a howling gale and pouring rain when I didn't need to. So tonight was the first chance I got to get back out. Had to wait until 7.45pm though because of running kids to and from Brownies and Scouts.
Felt pretty good at the start and thought I was moving pretty good but when I got my time check at 1K it was 5.06, practically walking pace!!!! That was a shock but I soon settled into quite a nice pace and eventually got back onto steady 5min/K pace and when I hit the 10K mark it was in 50.08 mins, by far my fastest so far. 12K came and went in 1hr 11secs which was over 4 mins faster than my last 12K last week. Eventually did 13K on the dot which is the 8.1 miles. Was starting to feel the pace at the end but it was my longest run since starting serious training and the first over 8 miles in a looooooooooong time. Probably benefitted from the little enforced lay off so will try to get another 10 K in tomorrow which means I will still have managed over 20 miles this week even though its been very stop start.
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