Back in my posting of Tuesday 8th I was thinking I should mix things up a bit, as I was getting into a weekly routine. Since then the only (intentional) changes I've made to that routine were swapping sessions round occasionally! Hence this week I did my hill session on Tuesday, and my steady 7 miles tonight. The thinking was that I'd take it easy tonight to recover fully for Leeds parkrun on Saturday. When will I learn? I felt good, and before I knew it was pounding out a 7:30-ish pace. After about 2½ miles, or a third of the way round, I thought well, I may as well carry on like this for the rest of the first loop, then slow it down for the second half. Of course the second half went pretty much like the first, and I finished the session at an average 7:27, and nearly a minute faster than ever before!
Never mind, It's not like I was pushing myself, and I was enjoying it, so I'm not going to worry.
I passed a runner on the first loop, and gave her a nod and a cheery 'Hiya!'. Blank. On the second loop I passed a young couple running and repeated the exercise. Nothing from the girl, but a smile and 'alright' from the chap. Not a huge sample, but it supports my theory on running etiquette.
I'll be sat in a car for a few hours tomorrow, driving up to my mum's, so I'll no doubt stiffen up somewhat, but provided I warm up and stretch properly on Saturday I feel I can clock my fastest time for Leeds, though it won't come near an overall 5km PB. I don't expect sub 20 minutes on the Leeds course, but I'd like to improve on the 20:12 I managed on a cold 22nd January. It would be nice to keep my 100% 1st in age category record, too!
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