As I mentioned in my last post, my plan for this evening was to take my new shoes out for their maiden run. By some strange coincidence, today also happens to be Global Running Day.
To mark this occasion, I decided to run the same route that I did for last year's event. The result was that this year I ran it a whole 7 minutes faster than last year.
My time of 27:22 was a new 5k PB and was 37 seconds faster than my previous best, set at the end of March.
How much of that improvement is down to the shoes, and how much is down to having had a break from running since I completed my #MilesForMind challenge on Friday is a matter of conjecture, although they did feel decidedly springier than the pair they replaced have felt in quite a while.
Anyway, it does seem like an auspicious start and hopefully it won't be the last PB I set in them.
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Congratulations on your PB running in your new shoes, now that you have completed Miles for mind challenge you could concentrate and train in your new running shoes to get a sub 25 minute 5K 🏃🏾 👍
Maybe; I don't really have an actual 5k target pace anymore, it's really just about chipping away at it whenever the opportunity presents itself. Will be interesting to see if I can achieve a similar improvement when intake them on a 10k spin.
I had a 6 mile pace run planned this morning. The route is 6.1 miles. I set off a bit too quickly so it was hard work. When I got back I noticed it was nearly a 10K PB.
I was annoyed at myself for not even thinking about topping it up to 10K but it was nice to realise I didn’t have a bad run, I had a fast one. (Well, you know, fast for a loris)
We're certainly off to a good start and they are definitely following in the footsteps of their predecessors.
Well done there, to think of your progress just shows how consistency really is the bedrock of it all. Congratulations on the PB too. A rest certainly does help once in a while. Love the new shoes too!
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