3 days, 3 very different runs

[sTrongFuse]

Monday is traditionally my "long" run, but for a combination of reasons, I just wasn't feeling it. I still managed a smidge over 5¾k in 40 mins, but wasn't really the distance or the pace I was looking for. Still, a run is a run.

Wednesday, felt much more positive. Nice evening, not too warm. Chose a new route and 80 minutes later, 10½k was in the bag. Might have done it slightly faster if it hadn't been for one 50m stretch that was so overgrown and tangled I had to walk to avoid the risk of turning an ankle or worse. Got home feeling much more upbeat than I had on Monday.

That's the second month in a row that my first run of the month has been a 10k. Do I sense a new tradition brewing?

Today, parkrun. I was on a mission. My previous best was 33:09 and I was determined I was going to go sub 33 minutes. 32 minutes and 46 seconds later, I crossed the finish. My new PB for 5k (although annoyingly Strava still thinks my 33:09 is my best, guess I need to knock another second off again next week and run a couple of more metres to make sure it registers).

So, three very different runs; the second two of them hugely positive, the first one not so much. Total distance run, just under 21.4k; proving you can still have a good week, even if one of your runs doesn't quite go to plan.

[Stephen_UK Graduate10]

Well done on these. Sounds like a pretty good week of running to me.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Good parkrun time for you today, personally to avoid the agrivation you seem to get between your official Parkrun time and what it says on your own time like Strava I leave my own timer at home and go by the official result.

There was a post today about a competitor at a running event arguing just about that, according to her Strava time the distance finnished about 20 metres short of the official end, she argued with a official about that for a few minutes, of course losing her official time for the race, that's why I just leave my Smartphone at home.

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

Thanks. It's not that that's irky. It's that Strata has logged it as a 5k run, but not as my fastest 5k run even though it is by about 30 sec. I always accept the difference between parkrun timers and strata. Garmin recorded it as a PB. Parkrun registered it as a PB, but I probably need to run an extra couple of steps for Strata to recognise it.

I'm not really fussed, just would have been nice for Steak to record my achievement.