The new shoes done good...

[sTrongFuse]

Well, I don't know if it was psychological, or if the stars somehow aligned, but my shiny new Brooks Ghosts ( healthunlocked.com/bridgeto...... ), are shiny no more and set out their stall as the PBs tumbled.

First up, my fastest mile. A whole second off taking me down to 9:42. There is some dispute here as Garmin gives me 9:42 and Strava says it's 9:44, but I'm taking Garmin on this one.

Next up, and Strava and Garmin both agree, 40 seconds off my 5k, taking me sub 32 minutes for the first time at 31:55. And to top it all, despite the first 2.5k being all uphill, I managed the "perfect" negative splits for each of those 5k.

You'd think that would be enough, but no, there was still better to come. Again, Strava and Garmin concurred, and a whopping 6 minutes 53 seconds off my 10k time, at 67 minutes dead (and I pretty nearly was).

I've no idea where those numbers came from. I'd have gladly taken any one of them on their own, so tonight has been something of a shock to the system.

I'm going to shower and lie down now. I think I've earned it...

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Pretty amazing run . Did you enjoy running on the pavement as opposed to trail running 😊😊

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

To be honest, I didn't really notice much difference as it's all roads, paths and pavements that I'm familiar with anyway; and one I'm into my stride, I tend to just zone out and go with the flow. At 5k, when I knew I'd just run a PB, I figured this was going to either be a pretty good 10k time, or I would die spectacularly somewhere between 6-7k. Thankfully it was the former.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate10]

Good run and time for you sTrongFuse, always take the quickest time, you know if you were running in an event 10K run the gun time and the chip time are different, the chip time is the one you would go for as some automatic timing device starts as you cross the starting line, sometimes as much as 45 minutes later such as in the recent Great North Run.

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to AlMorr]

The bizarre thing is that Strava and Garmin are supposed to sync, so not sure why they disagree on that one split. I don't worry about these things; I click start when I start and stop when I finish and that's as accurate as I need it to be...

[ktsok]

Amazing!!!

[CaffeineBomb Graduate10]

Blimey, have your new shoes got wings?? I need a pair! 😉 Great run 👌

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to CaffeineBomb]

Talk about putting an extra spring in my step...

[CaffeineBomb Graduate10 in reply to sTrongFuse]

No kidding! I'd be high as a kite after scooping up all those PBs 🤩🏆

[backintime Graduate10]

I believe the shoes were incidental and you just rocked it : )

[sTrongFuse Graduate10 in reply to backintime]

I suspect Sir Mo isn't going to be looking over his shoulder at me any time soon though (unless I happen to find I'm standing behind him in the queue at the supermarket)

[backintime Graduate10 in reply to sTrongFuse]

Maybe not Sir Mo but it does look like all your training is paying off, it can't all be the shoes : )

[UnfitNoMore Graduate10]

Amazing run! Many congratulations on that cluster of PBS.

[Raspberrypink Graduate10]

Great running. Well done. Definitely deserve a treat now!

[UpTheStanley Graduate10]

Great run! So good when it all comes together

[JonathanP Graduate10]

A fantastic run indeed! Well done !👍😀