Well I set off today intending to run the first bit with Laura to try to recapture the great feeling on my last run doing a slow cadence. Unfortunately, I forgot to upload the podcast onto my watch and I had left my phone at home, so I had to just wing it.
After the warm up walk I set off on what I thought was a gentle pace, but when I checked my watch I realised that the inner gazelle had slipped the traces and bolted! I reined her in, slowed down and kept pretty much to that snail pace for the remainder of the run. Since I was on leave today, I ran before lunch time and it was pretty quiet in the area that I run so not too much ducking and weaving, although at one point Gasping Man came pelting past, sweat flying and not as far away as I would have liked. I satisfied myself with the thought that with all that gasping he was doing he was NOT enjoying himself unlike moi - gently jogging along. (Interesting how the smug factor increases with slowing down....???)
Completed the 39 minutes feeling that I could continue on - but the programme has worked its magic so far so I'm not going to mess with it! So today was longer and further and I'm inching closer to that 5k - today it was 4.6K. Yay!