You know what it's like, you make resolutions to do at least one long run per week then life intervenes and you just don't have time to fit everything else in. Isn't the 3k great for times like this?
Life intervened so much over the weekend that I didn't run at all so on Monday I was very keen to get out there. I'd have liked to have done 5k but it would take me the best part of an hour by the time I warmed up and cooled down and I just didn't have the time to spare as my son was coming for lunch. Gotta feed that lad! 💙
The run started well, as always my husband sped off ahead of me, and I don't know whether he slowed down or I speeded up but suddenly I was only a little bit behind him. I decided that I'd see what happened if I kept up with his pace. I held that thought then decided to see for how long I could run at a constant speed (isn't this a tempo run?).
When I got home I looked at my stats. The first two splits were identical and the third was 24 seconds faster. Mission accomplished, the only reason I sped up at the end was because the end was in sight and I wanted my breakfast.
This morning (Wednesday, I had too much to do to post this as I wrote it lol) I had a busy day ahead again plus I was late setting off so it was another 3k. It was overcast which I quite like when I run. I settled into a comfortable pace, got my breathing under control and did my best not to let my heart rate climb too high.
There was another runner, a woman about my age, on the same route as us. She had overtaken us when we were doing our warm up walk and was quite a way ahead once we actually started the run.
After about 2km there is a choice of where to go - up on the sea wall or stay on the path beneath it. The sea wall is prettier but the lower path is easier. My husband took the sea wall and was a couple of hundred metres behind the other runner. I took the lower path which cuts a curve so I found that I was almost level with her. I probably could have overtaken her but gave myself a stern talking to. This was a run not a race. If I pushed myself that hard I'd have to slow right down quite soon, better to slow down now and enjoy the rest of the run.
When I got home I checked my stats as usual. Exactly the same pace as yesterday, with the first km the slowest and the second the fastest. These are the fastest 3ks I've managed in quite a while. Have I suddenly got fitter and faster? I don't think so. The thing that has changed is what I'm running on. The paths right now are perfect. All that winter mud really slowed me down 
W3R3 - 15 runs to 10km!
Recovery 5k run...made a few mistakes 🤔
