Fast 5k wow.

[pinkaardvark]

I don't know how but I liked it. Went out for a morning Run to help pick me up for the day ahead. Usually I'm an evening runner but after lovely morning runs on the camel trail in Cornwall, I thought I'd try for that at home.

Rain was forecast and I felt the drizzle as I stepped out so was in the frame of mind to go fast but was cautious about overdoing.it this week. I did some fast interval running on the treadmill at the gym yesterday but garmin didn't agree(it seems to either go under or over on the treadmill). It seemed to help though as after 3k garmin said my performance condition was 10. Now I have never seen it start higher than 6 so it was like I had had a week off and at the end of the run it said I did not get out of heart zone 3 which is amazing as well. If I hadn't run the same route a 100 times I'd doubt myself but no I just did a 5k in under 28 mins some 35 seconds under the pb I set 4 days ago. Wtf!

I'm definately having a bacon bap now 👍maybe even a dirty pasty.

[Tbae]

Just amazing.

Have it all Michael.

You are buzzing.

Atb.Great to see it on here.

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to Tbae]

I had some toast and low fat spread. Was 50/50 bread so living it large 😉

[Sandraj39 Graduate10]

Cracking pace! Enjoy that bacon bap - you earned it!☺

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to Sandraj39]

Thankyou. Had some toast and marge. Been a while since the fridge has seen the bacon lol.

[Nwrkpak Graduate10]

Im in awe of anyone that can do a run 30 . That s a brill time. Well done

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to Nwrkpak]

It's all relative I guess. I know people I work with that go for a 'jog' on occasion and do a 23min parkrun. I'd like to some day do a 25 as it'd feel like I was moving along then 😊

[Ripcurlrana71 Graduate10]

Brilliant!! Go scoff that well deserved grub!! 😬😬

[David_G]

Brilliant work, well done! Enjoy the bacon bap. I’m heading out for a pint and a bite to eat later 🍻🍔🍟 I might even watch a bit of the footie ⚽️

[Sadie-runs Graduate10]

Cor, you ran like the wind! Did it feel good? Well done. 👏😁

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to Sadie-runs]

It felt great and can't believe that garmin thinks I was barely trying, but I didn't collapse in a heap so maybe there was more in the tank

[TedG Graduate10]

Brilliant effort Mike 👏🏃🏃

Which model Garmin are you using?

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to TedG]

Fenix 5 ted

[tony_a Graduate10]

Wow that’s pretty impressive. Must be more in the tank if you can do that time in gear rate zone 3

[pinkaardvark Graduate10 in reply to tony_a]

Thankyou, and yes I was so surprised at that as typically if I'm pushing it would all be zone 4 and touching into 5. I have seen the heart rate spike to 200 and sit at 180 plus for the last k or so. So for it all to be average 146 for that effort was shocking. But I'll take it, gift horse and all hehe

[tony_a Graduate10 in reply to pinkaardvark]

Definitely would take that. I did a run paced on heart rate once but to keep it in zone 3 I had to run at above 8min per km.

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Well Done!