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New 5Km PB :)

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PBs are not very important, just getting out there is what counts.  It is quite nice though when Mr Garmin chirps up at the end of a run to say that you've got a new PB.  Only 30 seconds better than the previous one but made me smile :)   5km in 26mins 45 seconds

Happy Running folks :)

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I like it! 30 seconds is a huge slice to take off. Well done - I was doing that sort of time last summer a few months after graduating. I'm now at 23:31 - maybe you'll be soon :-)

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Good grief, 23:31 !!  that sounds amazing to me :)   I'd love to think that I'll eventually get a time like that  :)   It's not a high priority for me getting faster times, but they are nice to have :)

My priority is increasing the distance of my sunday run.  It's at 16km this month, and I'm trying to add 1 km each month.  When I get to 21km then I think I'll stay at that distance for a while and start trying to improve the time to do it.  16 km currently takes me normally around 1h45, sometimes longer say 1h55.  The first 5 km normally under 30mins, then the 10km just over an hour, then the last 6km are really pretty slow.

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Only 30 seconds? A whopping huge 30 seconds you mean! hat's a great time well done x

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That's a mighty impressive PB, Zev, no wonder you're smiling. Congratulations 😀

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Zev1963Graduate in reply toAncientMum

Thanks AM.  I don't really try hard for speed, I know I'm never going to be very fast, but I think if you just keep running 3 times a week then your speed just creeps up slowly without you really noticing :)

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