Aussie210K - Too early for Parkrun, so a cheeky 6K

Morning folks... After a nice and slow recovery run of 30 minutes on Thursday I was contemplating a Parkrun in Kingston today. I woke up around 6am and it was already warming up, so given I wasn't sure how the knee would hold up and figuring I could be back, showered and ready for BBQs and School Fairs before the Parkrun started, I set off to do a 6K run around 8am and figured I'd just see how things went...

The knee held up pretty well (bit sore afterwards) but the knee strap definitely works for me... It was a bit warm out there and although the first 3kms were relatively quick (for me), the last 3 were a definite slow down and by the time 6km crept up I was glad to see the end of running for today. I could have kept going but it was hard work out there in the sun... I hate to say this, but I hope it's is not too hot for my 10K... Although Dan will no doubt be able to tell me of the perils of the mud puddles along the Thames path near Ham House when it rains...

So - the end result is that I was an entire 2 seconds per KM slower than last week's 6K... hahaha! I was done in 38:19... Having a look at the splits for the 6K it seems I have a case of the "let's go crazy fast at the beginning and then struggle at the end" about my times... I might try to reverse that next time - nice and easy to begin with and then speed it up as I near the end... It's what Laura tells you to do but it's a difficult one for me to get right and I don't think the heat helped today...

Not anywhere near as sore today as I was after last week's run so "slow and steady" is definitely the way to go! B210K would have hurt me I think... being able to pace slowly isn't quite so demanding but is still helping me get to longer distances...

So - happy midsummer for those of you in the Northern hemisphere... today is the longest day of the year! Sorry Bazza - today's the shortest day for you...

Happy running folks! 5 weeks until race time... <gulp>

[frannyfran Graduate]

Thanks for the happy midsummer. But for me, you are slightly out with today being the longest day...... where I live we are half way through a 6 weeks period without nights!

Anyway, well done on your run and glad the knee held.

Happy running.