So, my plans for fun running on holiday were curtailed when I caught a really heavy cold from my toddler niece the day before we went! With my husband still recovering from Covid we had a much less active holiday than usual but really enjoyed a 15km walk along Saltburn beach and cliffs and a short but very steep climb up Roseberry Topping! No running though, sadly.
I wasn’t quite back up to speed when we got back so decided to go a bit easier this week. I also wanted to make sure that, now I’m not following a strict programme, I was running for the fun of it - I’ve always enjoyed running but didn’t want to risk it becoming a chore. So this week I did a 3km speed interval run on Monday courtesy of NRC and a 4km run on Weds where I tried fartleks for the first time - I really enjoyed it and luckily chose a route with lots of lampposts to be my markers!
For my long run on Saturday I decided 7km would be a good distance without pushing myself too much. I found it a fairly tough run to start with but was pleased to finish in 48:59, which is 3 minutes faster than when I last ran that distance in late July, and I also did my second fastest 5km. I was a bit worried than my running mojo was gone after a short break as I found all this week’s runs harder than usual but pleased to see that my strength is building in the background.
Planning a few more weeks of fun running and consolidating the 10km distance and then hopefully moving on to a half marathon plan.
First 10km I've ever run in my life
How often should you run a 10km distance?
10km run completed, fuelled by marmite on toast
