B2R1 - doing the 5k to avoid later heat

[Jay66UK]

Uneventful 5k on usual route ran today as Thursday is forecast very hot and I’ll do the 3k then.

Tech issue at the start - I tried to set my watch running and it told me to wait for GPS signal. In moments it connected and I started running. About 750m in, at foot of Sirens Hill outbound, watch tells me it is going into power saving mode. Uh oh. I hadn’t realised I still needed to press start. Grr.

A bit of fun towards the end - I tried running in time with Amy Winehouse/Monkey Man approaching and up the start of Sirens Hill and segued into Night Boat to Cairo up the rest. It had an impact on my cadence!

Whatever run you have next, enjoy it x

[Dexy5 Graduate10]

The tech can get annoying when it doesn’t do what you think it should be doing. Like Strava not talking to me last Saturday. Even more annoying when you realise it’s user error. Happy running 🏃‍♂️

[misswobble Graduate10]

Love Monkey Man 😁👍

[Jay66UK Graduate10 in reply to misswobble]

Awesome tempo for running. Night Boat to Cairo gets faster and faster then slows down then goes mad again 🤣

[Goforitmama Graduate10]

👍 you are mastering that hill!

[Jay66UK Graduate10 in reply to Goforitmama]

Too much practice!

[Goforitmama Graduate10 in reply to Jay66UK]

nah, I see a difference in your attitude towards that hill. It's all looking good from here. You really are mastering Sirens!

[mountaindreamer Graduate10]

Good plan avoiding the heat! Love that you can now nonchalantly declare a 5k as “uneventful”! Bet you wouldn’t have said that a few weeks ago! 😃🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️❤️😎

[Jay66UK Graduate10 in reply to mountaindreamer]

Nope. I still properly pinch myself. I know I can knock out 5k on my usual route pretty much whenever I choose.

I’m doing a 3k tomorrow and it hardly feels like a run 😳 Week 1 run 1 of C25k and I couldn’t believe I was already expected to do another minute of running each time!

Then 6k on Saturday, confident I can do it.

[mountaindreamer Graduate10 in reply to Jay66UK]

Yeah - think we just need to trust the plan again, Jay! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️😎 I did my last week 1 run this morning (just 2.5k), but tried doing Fartlek-style intervals for a change. So shattered after each faster bit that I go very slow recovering and average out at slower than normal! 😂😂

[Jay66UK Graduate10 in reply to mountaindreamer]

I’ve decided intervals are simply madness. But I’m half tempted for the 3k to see how bad it is.

[mountaindreamer Graduate10 in reply to Jay66UK]

I think Fartlek style is perhaps the easiest way to do them. You just randomly aim to run faster to some marker in front of you (gate / lamppost etc), then slow down to recover and repeat a few times depending how you feel. So pretty adaptable.

[Bridget007]

Well done! I’ll have to give those songs a go!

[Equi-geek Graduate10]

Love following your progress Jay - you being a couple of weeks ahead of me - it gives me belief I can keep on improving as long as I stay sound Thanks for the updates!

[Jay66UK Graduate10]

It’s just a matter of keep doing it and keep enjoying it.