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speed training: I went faster than I thought I could!!

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Yesterday my bf and I decided we wanted some intensity from our run, so we decided we would do a shorter run, but faster than usual. I've only ever done more planned intervals before, but this time we just did about a km of easy warm up (+some stops for stretching), and then began to up the pace. We ran about 2km at a fast, but not all-out pace for me, and then began to pick things up: this is where I really began to push myself! Every km we did was faster than the previous, and the final km we upped it to the point which was honestly the fastest pace I can run without sprinting!

I didn't take my phone so I was purely running from how things felt; which was also nice! The first 3km felt uncomfortable, but definitely sustainable, and then things definitely started getting harder!

Km 1: 6:00

Km 2: 5:33

Km 3: 5:23

Km 4: 5:16

Km 5: 4:27

Last 200m: 4:43

Whilst I was totally out of breath by the end, what shocked me was how fast I got my breath back - and I actually felt good! I really think my condition has become better, because during C25K or something I would be out of breath for 10+ minutes :) I then came home and foam rolled + stretched, which also helped.

Overall I really good run! I felt strong :)

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UnfitNoMoreGraduate10

Superb progression run... congratulations on getting well under 5 minutes for km 5 there, that’s speedy!!

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a_in_gsrGraduate10 in reply toUnfitNoMore

thank you!! it felt speedy too.. and bloody difficult! definitely fun though :)

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That's an ace time!!

Absolutely fantastic run. Your actual 5k time would be 27 something 😁😁😁 you are on fire. You'll be buzzing all day!

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a_in_gsrGraduate10 in reply to

yesss thank you!! oh wow I hadn't though of that.. an unintentional PB! yes I was super pleased with myself

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SueAppleRunGraduate1060minGraduate

So good to see the improvement in fitness

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a_in_gsrGraduate10 in reply toSueAppleRun

yes it really is! makes it all worth it :)

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