Whilst hubby is protesting for better climate policies up in Glasgow, I and sonny was left behind as I needed to do some work-work from home.
But it also gave me the opportunity to not break my pattern and run my 8th 10k. I chose to run to a podcast today, which is different from my usual running to the beat of my music lists, which keep me bouncily running along.
1st km felt very heavy and my back ached. I was considering if it might mean Iโd only do a 5k but was wanting to see if it was just the warm-up phase.
And in the first 3k I was wondering what it was, from missing out on my thyroid medication for 3 days when it ran out, new eye glasses ๐ค , to overtraining.
But by 5k, when Runkeeper told me my stats, I realised I had run one of my fastest 5k! So due to not running to the beat of any music and/or due to my latest interval training sessions, it might have meant that my cadence was higher than usual, but for a 10k it was probably too fast.
I thus consciously slowed down and the next 3k felt actually comfortable, and only the last 2ks of my 10k felt again a bit exhausting, especially as Runkeeper stopped at some point and lost a whole km! But I know this route, so Runkeeper couldnโt tell me I hadnโt just run 10k!
And I finished. And surprisingly it was the fastest 10k I have run. It didnโt feel like that, it felt slow and effort intensive, and this was somehow less satisfying than slow runs that feel fast ๐คฃ๐คฃ, but Iโll take it!
Next week on my plan is one hill sprint (my first ever), one street run Strava art exploration ( ๐ ) and one 10k run to my Spotify list!
Happy running everyone!