Inspired by John_W mammoth PB-smashing run yesterday I had another tilt at my 5k time.
This morning was meant to be a hills workout but Lime Green Laura was having a major faff and couldn't get the GPS signal for a good ten minutes which meant I was walking round like a t!t. When she did finally get it together I was so far off my planned start point that I decided to change my route and go for the 5k PB instead.
Gorgeous morning for a run... bright sunshine, hardly any wind and early enough for traffic not to be an issue. First km looks too quick at 4:47.5 but there was a longish decline. Struggled again at the 4km mark and needed a 15 second walk to get my lungs back together but I soon recovered and managed 5:01 for the final km. Strava reckons 24:45 but I'm happy to take 24:50.
Brilliant Simon, brilliant! And you had a 15 second walk?? Some going that. I've no doubt whatsoever that your hill and interval work will see you reach your target before year-end.
Your struggles at 4km reflect my recurring ones at the 3 and 4km marks. Even yesterday, at 3-5km, it felt really hard, but 5-9km was amazing. I only felt very tired at 9.5km. A lot of people say that 5k is hard - I wonder whether it's to do with being properly warmed up. I think when I attempt a proper 5k PB in a few weeks, I'll try and do a more effective warm up. My routine is either a fast walk towards my start/finish line or a light jog over same distance. My try some very short sprints. Dunno! What do you think?
Strides they're called (so I've heard). Never done them myself. What I do is a mixture of a brisk walk, walking lunges, high knees and heel-to-bum jogging - I'm sure some of those have proper names! It seems to do the trick so far though I'm sure it looks very silly.
That was on 26th Nov 2015 when I did 29:14.5 (gotta love a spreadsheet!). Sadly I don't have the weather conditions for the day! I had graduated from C25K two weeks prior to that.
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