I went to bed last night with the intention of running 5k this morning!
I was fully hydrated and tech all charged up and kit ready !
I woke at around 05:40 and decided I would go and make a cup of tea !
Had a glass of water while the kettle was boiling and fed Misty the cat ! (Yesterday she decided on a takeaway for breakfast) π€£
It was of course still dark so I took my tea back to bed ! ...... Big mistake !
The Gremlins loved this opportunity to fill my head with negative thoughts !
It's still dark , why don't you go back to sleep ! ..... It's Saturday , you can rest today and run tomorrow !
You need 2 days rest after your work !
I battled these negative thoughts untill around 06:30 when I said to myself no !
You are all set up to run , go and do a negative split 5K !
So that is whaf I did .
Out of the door around 06:55
It was quite warm so had on just a light running vest and light shorts and set off on my warm up walk .
I even had a shower on my warm up walk !!!
A neighbor has a sprinkler in the front garden on a timer and it overshoots the hedge so I did my warm up walk through this cooling shower π
Got to the end of the road, turned around, watch started and off we go back towards the sprinkler π
A nice steady pace for my first K as I wanted to make sure I could increase as the run progressed.
It's a fairly flat first section and it came out at 8:01
On to the 2nd k and a slight downhill , letting the pace increase slightly but not letting it run away on the slope .
This 2nd k came out at 7:49
So far so good !
I'm settled into the run now and feeling good , no more negative thoughts !
Around the corner and onto the hill up to the church , this for me is often a tricky section to maintain pace but I was feeling ok and this section came out at 7:39.
The next kilometer is down, flat and then up hill , again tricky to maintain pace .
My watch buzzes to tell me 4K done and my split was 7:28 ... So far so good !
The last K was also undulating but I usually manage to pick my pace up quite easily here , possibly because I know it the home stretch !
Watch buzzes at 5K and the split was 7:07
So success! Negative thoughts banished, and negative splits achieved π
Back home , stretches done , and more tea drank π
Breakfast and a shower to follow !
Happy running ! π