Woo-hoo!
I finally broke the 20-minute barrier for a 5km today, and it was at my 'home' parkrun. I set off fast, as usual, but then found myself settled into quite a steady pace a little outside target, around 4:05. With ½km to go I was thinking I had a decent time in the bag, but no PB. Then, at 'Fergal's Corner', the man himself gave me a good shout which really spurred me on, and I managed to overhaul a young chap from Birmingham University, and once past, there was no way I was going to lose that place, so with all the muscles screaming I put in a good sprint, and when my watch said 19:53 I couldn't believe it! I had to wait for the official time before I could celebrate properly, but I knew really that I'd done it. So thanks to Fergal and to James, as well as all the volunteers of course. I felt great running home afterwards (those extra miles I promised myself).
I'm chuffed to bits, and yet I'm strangely deflated - I'm not sure what to aim for next. I suppose 19 minutes is the obvious one, but 5% is a lot to take off! I may just pick a nemesis to try to overhaul, or perhaps try to repeat the feat at other parkruns...
There are targets at other distances, of course, like a sub-70 10-miler.
Coventry parkrun next Saturday, followed by the Centurion GP 5-miler on Sunday (race 4), so no PB at Cov!
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