Oh my word that was hard work! š³ Itās around 20 degrees out there, which is too warm for me to have any enthusiasm for running, but itās a running night and Iāve only just graduated so really donāt want to make excuses at this point!
Right from the start my breathing felt less settled than usual - still controlled, but not as comfortably in my normal rhythm. Knowing that almost certainly meant I was trying to go too fast, despite feeling glacially slow, I slowed down - and that helped! It may have taken me a few years to really understand this, but Iāve finally learned to let my breathing dictate my pace! Yay me! 
At one point I got somewhat heckled by a bunch of lads in a boat on the river āencouragingā me - but I ignored them, and took the genuine encouragement from the homeless man on his usual bench (he always cheers me on, and is genuinely encouraging!).
Eventually, and not a moment too soon, Laura said that was my 30 minutes. Phew!
My RunKeeper stats are slightly off for tonight, as I got a bit distracted by starting Spotify instead of using a podcast tonight, so I didnāt remember to start it until Iād been running for around a minute, instead of at the start of the warm-up. Ah well!
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First postgrad run tomorrow
I'm very nervous about my run tonight! 
First time Iāve not completed a run
First postgrad run in the pouring rain
First outside run. Wk1 run 3
