Having disappointed myself with my "race pace" run at 11k last month, I thought I'd give myself the best possible chance to get back on track with this month's 12k effort, so instead of a pleasant trip through the countryside somewhere I settled for six lengths of a 2k stretch of Southsea prom, which is itself pleasant if you're gazing out to sea, but a bit monotonous if you're focused mostly on the paving slabs 50m ahead of you .
Whatever, it worked , and I churned out the lengths with the 1k splits all between 5'21" (k1 and k12) and 5'31" (k7) to give a total time of 65 minutes (64'59.8" according to Garmin, but who's counting?) at an average pace of 5'25"/k.
Can't pretend I took as much joy from the run itself as the poets among you seem to muster in the most horrendous circumstances , but eeh bah gum I'm happy with the outcome . The last couple of k were hard (our super-carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth could have sailed past and I wouldn't have noticed), but I'm still hopeful I can add another 4k at around this pace and sneak in under 1 hour 30 come the Great South in October.
Onwards and upwards!!
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sounds wonderful, lol. I am transitioning outside from treadmill and I do 500m laps to stay close to home in case of an asthma attack lol, I feel your pain, but for me at least it's more to see than the treadmill
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, and I churned out the lengths with the 1k splits all between 5'21" (k1 and k12) and 5'31" (k7) to give a total time of 65 minutes (64'59.8" according to Garmin, but who's counting?) at an average pace of 5'25"/k.
, but eeh bah gum I'm happy with the outcome 
Week off, struggling to get back to it 
Second 10k treadmill run.
Back in the running shoes ! 🎉
A new version of 🎶YMCA 🎶, Helped me beat my target today!
