Well I absolutely didn’t expect that!

[Reggit]

Mayday 15k

Yesterday I had a scheduled long run on my 5k @30’ Garmin coach plan.

The gremlins had struck as I was supposed to do it on Saturday, and very nearly cancelled it again, only managed to get out of the door by mid-afternoon! I prefer early morning.

The run was scheduled as 12.87km (I guess that’s an even mile number) with a 2 minute warm up/cool down, and a set pace of 6.56-7.13/km. I decided to take the flattest route I could (only 76m of elevation gain) and run as an out and back to keep the ups and downs balanced. I extended the run to finish at my start point. Unfortunately this takes me down the main road to the next town and the scenery is dire.

Anyhow, Garmin kept bleating at me to advise my pace was too high, around 6’45/km, but I was struggling to slow for any meaningful period. Most of the run the distance was just slipping by without much drama and I was just lost in my own little world!

End result - 15.53km covered. Wish I’d popped on an extra 500m to hit 10 miles!

10k PB - 41 seconds knocked of, now 1hr 07’30”

15k PB - a whole 4 minutes shaved off! 1hr 42’52”

Not bad for an easy long slow run 😂 I’m certainly noticing the effects of the current plan.

Oh, Garmin decided to reward me by reducing my VO2max by a full point- although I expected that, it elways seems to fall on long runs.

[SueAppleRun Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Ha!! on the Garmin 10k plan it kept bleating at me too slow, that was a good run you did

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Well done on the 15.53kI finished mine this morning at your planned distance of 12.875k (aka) 8 miles 😁

And actually, my VO2MAX remained the same and actually went up one on last week's 10k 🤔

[Woollyweaver Graduate10]

Brilliant, well done, and a great time too! Those 10 miles will be yours for the taking next time👏

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Well done Reggit ! That VO2 max is a fickle beast 🤣. Mine went up 2 points the first run I did after covid. What’s that all about? Congratulations on your pbs too 😊.