Soooooooooooo, I thought tonight would be a doddle after doing a steady 20 minute run without stopping on Friday (I'm still elated I did it!) - but I was wrong. I wouldn't say it was awful, but it was possibly harder than I was expecting it to be.
The good news, however, is that my pace has really picked up, so I must be getting fitter and faster (at least for today). On Friday, I was averaging running at 7:35km/hr (this includes the 5 minutes warm up and cool down); today I averaged 4.92km at an average pace of 6:50km/hour (again, including warm up and cool down).
Maybe the 6km/hour pace needed for 5k in 30 minutes isn't so unmanageable afterall? Extending to 25 minutes on Friday sounds like a challenge too but I'm up for it now and (I never thought I'd say this!) enjoying it!
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Well done getting this one in the bag, it was my nemesis run and has caught out a few of us.
Great news on the pace and the fact that you enjoy your running...
Isn't it a great feeling when you get to the point where you want to go out and run. I'm sure you'll get there now - I'm cheering from the sidelines (rather puce and having a sit down)!
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