A repeat of last Tuesday's run, but at a faster pace, now that I've recovered from the Hinckley half marathon. I wore the new shoes again, for the second time, and while I'm loath to suggest that any improvement in pace was directly down to the shoes, I certainly felt faster whatever effect the shoes may or may not have had. On the first couple of sharp turns I felt as though my feet were angled more sideways, and almost as if I were going to slide sideways off the footbed. Not confidence inspiring. After a while, though, I began to feel more secure, and realized that it felt similar to running in my cross country spikes, which are also much flatter and lighter than my usual road shoes.
Probably the best test will be this Saturday, that's if a) I decide to run at Cannon Hill parkrun, as I probably will, b) feel in good fettle, as I hope I will, and c) dare to wear the new shoes.
So, in summary, 4½ miles in 31:56, that's 7:05 pace (or just outside my best 10 mile race pace).
According to Good Run Guide, the route is equivalent to 4.66 miles on the flat, and my age-grade performance was 69.5%. Compared to my best age-graded race performance (in the Action Heart 5-miler in Dudley, 27 February) which was 75.77%, I think that's pretty good for a mid-week training session. Looking at my top 20 it was my 17th best, and best outside of races. I notice that Sunday's run is 20th in that list. Maybe I should slow down a bit...
Happy birthday, by the way, to my running buddy Joe.
Just as I was about to post this, I notice from the blog stats that someone has just visited my Race Report post for... the Action Heart 5! Spooky!
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