Good run yesterday, 5 min walk to warm up followed by 15 min run, 5 min recovery, 10 min run then 5 min cool down. Surprised myself by completing both runs! Found my pace and stuck to it, pleased with myself and again I found myself saying to myself that a 10k run at the end of the program is looking very realistic, if this is the case, as I have just over 4 weeks left, the weeks after the program will be spent trying to up my pace a bit...
Wednesday 13 April 2016
Friday 8 April 2016
Riverside Park Run
Decided to run my local park run tonight, starting and finishing at Tees Barrage in Stockton, really enjoyed it and managed to set a new fastest 5k time, still a bit slower than my quickest park run which I set last year, but it's encouraging and motivating me and for the first time in a while I actually thought I would be able to complete a 10k run at the end of the program...that remains to be seen but I'm confident...
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Run from work
Well...not down with running to work at silky o' clock I decided that I would run home too, which was harder than I first imagined and the only thing I think I can put it down to is the fact I'd been up since 0330 and done a full day at work, this is my excuse and I'm sticking to it...! ☺.
Hopefully going to be running to/from work on Mondays and Fridays, Wednesdays I have Rugby training so the car is welcome respite. Training will ramp up in the near future with the introduction of more Rugby training on a Tuesday/Thursday and my gym days are set to change once the Union season is done and dusted...I don't feel as though I will be able to do 10k at the end of the 12 weeks but time is on my side, I'm only in week 7 atm and the 10k I've entered is in November...I should be able to complete 10k straight off by then...😉
Tuesday 29 March 2016
This mornings jaunt...
Happy bunny this morning, managed to keep a nice pace and feel really good...I'll get there in the end!
This run was done wearing one of my new pairs of trail shoes and it was like running with pillows on my feet...!
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Just as I thought...
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New kit...
A big motivational tool for me is acquiring new kit, in this case 2 pairs of Karrimor D30 excel. Not the latest Salomon's or Hoka's but initial impressions are they look the part and fit snugly, tread pattern is nice and wide for mud clearance and grip on trails.
Obviously I can't give a full review just yet but will try after 50 or so miles...
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Not so easy...
Out for a scheduled run yesterday and can safely say it was the hardest one I've done so far, not in terms of distance I just found it really hard to find a good pace and maintain it. The first 8 min run went by quite quick and a solid pace was achievable, the second 8 min run was a completely different beast altogether, lower leg pain and difficulty finding a steady pace lead to me walking for most of the interval much to my utter dismay.
Thankfully, for the last interval, I managed to fulfil the 8 mins by telling myself it's 'X' minutes of my life, the time then seemed insignificant and soon passed, I didn't quite manage the 5k goal I was hoping for but I've got a solid foundation on which to build...
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