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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 πŸ‘maybe even a dirty pasty.

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Tbae

Just amazing.

Have it all Michael.

You are buzzing.

Atb.Great to see it on here.

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10β€’ in reply toTbae

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

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

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10β€’ in reply toSandraj39

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

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NwrkpakGraduate10

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

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10β€’ in reply toNwrkpak

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 😊

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Ripcurlrana71Graduate10

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

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David_G

Brilliant work, well done! Enjoy the bacon bap. I’m heading out for a pint and a bite to eat later πŸ»πŸ”πŸŸ I might even watch a bit of the footie ⚽️

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Sadie-runsGraduate10

Cor, you ran like the wind! Did it feel good? Well done. πŸ‘πŸ˜

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10β€’ in reply toSadie-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 :o

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TedGGraduate10

Brilliant effort Mike πŸ‘πŸƒπŸƒ

Which model Garmin are you using?

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10β€’ in reply toTedG

Fenix 5 ted

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

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pinkaardvarkGraduate10β€’ in reply totony_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

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tony_aGraduate10β€’ in reply topinkaardvark

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.

Well Done!

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