When I joined HU c25k and wrote my first profile last September, I said two things were guaranteed: that I’d be in the slow lane and that I’d never be caught wearing shorts. Too hasty by half. Now I must eat my words. This week, I ran three times, one of which I did **in shorts** 😱🙈😱🙈😱🙈😳 OK, I know (nearly) everyone runs in shorts. The point is, I don’t. Rather, I didn’t. Now I do. Me and shorts have never got on, so this is a major ‘first’ in my world. That was Run 2. They hadn’t arrived in time for Run 1, although it was so warm that I wished they had. Run 3 today was my first outing **in running tights** - admittedly, less of a personal drama than the shorts, but still a rubicon of sorts. What can I say? I’m very happy with both new options.
R1: 5.5k, 7:25 average pace (my trusty tracksters)
R2: 7.4k, 7:27 (shorts)
R3: 5k, 7:19, which is equal to my PB, so like a ‘second first’ (swanky tights)
All early morning runs, topped and tailed with walking (not included in the figures), using some short ‘jeffed’ walk intervals (which are included). I walked on the days between runs, bar yesterday when rain pelted down all day.
R1 and R3 almost got negative splits. I guess ‘almost’ in this context doesn’t really work; negative splits seem a bit all or nothing.🤨 R2 was all over the show in this regards, but generally trended positive splits. Odd, because I’d felt this run to be laboured at the start and to have more energy towards the end when I was even throwing in some jog-sprint intervals (‘sprint’ being a relative term). What with the shorts, very bright vest, and concentrated cadence counting, I must have looked like I knew what I was up to! (Maybe not😂)
Next up, I’m testing out some zero-drop shoes. They’re late arrivals and have not yet ventured out of the house (so not yet a ‘first’… just ‘almost’). I’ve been in low-drops all along, so we’ll see how mixing in some proper zeros goes. Quite excited by this little experiment!!
Happy running!
