.... as they were all well ahead of me with no chance of being trodden on.
Why was that run so hard yesterday? Right from the start I struggled with my breathing and my legs.
1st k - across the potato field and it was hard work
2nd k - still hard (though when I checked my stats when I got home that was my fastest 1k split ever, so that might explain it. Funny how running on tarmac can make such a difference to speed)
3rd k - all uphill, and guess what? It was hard
4th k - the slippery downhill section was still slippery, so I had to run along the side of a ploughed field instead, and that was .... not easy.
5th k - took a bit of a wrong turning, but at least the track was grassy and flat.
6th k - gave in and walked for a minute - I think I felt that I'd managed 5k so it was ok. But in my head I know it wasn't.
7th, 8th and 9th k - walked 4 more times. Near the end of the 9th k I was stared at by 2 horses, who then took off across the field, as if to show me how it should be done. Show offs!
10th k - ran it all - hoorah! But actually that last kilometre was slower than the previous 3 - go figure!
But on the plus side, it was a lovely route, I didn't get rained on, and I made it home in one piece.
I've only got a half hour lunch break tomorrow in which to run, and I'm highly tempted to go back to that stretch of tarmac to see if I can go faster still!!