Hiya,
I have done some (maybe too heavy) walks the past week and my sciatic brat was not happy. Nevertheless, today was the last time I could do a run at the coast, so I really wanted to run. The weather didn't look well either (threathening with rain), so the gremlins were very persistent on whether to run or not. In the end I did go out in the idea that otherwise I'd regret it.
Long thights, long sleeved shirt, rain cap. Lots of wind, about 12°C and dark grey clouds. Took my 10K route at the coast, meaning a run along the main road, past the marina / harbor over the dune path and back towards the polders to end up between the fields.
I started much too fast, but could not get myself to slow down. Feared I would get knocked back in the second half, but it was still ok. A for me rather fast cadence of average 160 spm (including Jeffing walks).
At 8K it started dripping and at 9K it started raining. I don't like rain, but I was going to get to 10K. Had to get home anyhow, so I could as well do it running.
Got the following splits: 8:51 - 8:22 - 8:20 - 8:11 - 8:23 - 7:59 - 7:47 - 7:55 - 7:30 - 7:37.
And got 2 pb's on top of it all. A pb on 10K (1:20:58) and a pb on 5K (38:38). The 5K I can never reach when running only 5K. Can only do fast (for me) 5K's while doing a longer distance.
Despite the weather I enjoyed the run, only got a bit of a tummy ache at the moment. Is this due to the run in the rain (nasty weather affects me hard) or the weird tasting drink yesterday, no idea...
Edit: forgot to mention, but I THINK I succeeded in running parts of the run with midfoot strike instead of heel strike. Not much, because I really have to concentrate hard to do it. But I do think I succeeded in parts. Hopefully I'll be able to do this midfoot strike more often and that it becomes more natural.
Cheers, Evy