Sneaky little lunch time run with PB :D

Hello folks!

Knowing that I would be unlikely to fit a run in until Sunday, I decided to sneak out at lunch time. I needed a short-ish run to fit into the time, so I redid the speed podcast yet again.

Not a lot different to report, apart from the fact that this route was mildly hilly. I work at Buckshaw Village near Chorley, UK. It has a footpath/cyclepath surrounding it at an ideal length for a quick run. The hills do make a difference though, only slight ones, but quite lengthy, all good for exercising muslces I'd forgotten about. This was also a very nostalgic run for me, since I did my week 5 run 3 round Buckshaw, and as many of us will know, that's often a milestone run in the programme, as it was for me.

Not counting the warm up/down walk, I ended up running 2.68km in 17:19, with my fastest pace being 5:43/km, which is a personal best!

What on earth is wrong with me? I'm enjoying running and looking forward to the next one!!

Have a great day everybody \o

[Sadie-runs Graduate]

Good work Mr Speedy! Getting faster does happen quite organically over time after graduation, I have found. And get you, sneaking runs in at lunch time?! You are totally addicted… and what a great addiction it is too.

I was out this morning. Was supposed to be yesterday, but I postponed when I remembered I had Pilates at lunchtime, and a run on top of that would be too much, as my teacher really works our legs! But, pins felt fine this morning, so I sprang out of bed and was out in my happy place (the woods!) at 6:30am. Sun was shining, there was a freshness in the air and I was so happy to be running I was singing along to my playlist at the same time. Lord only knows what the dog walkers make of this red-faced, mad fool as she speeds by!

Happy Friday Neil! x

[Hidden in reply to Sadie-runs]

Why thank you Ms Speedy Yes, I have found as my fitness improves, I get faster. No great surprises there, but nice to see that the theory actually works in practise.

Oh - I've just corrected my pace, as I put in the average rather than the fastest. Silly boy! Pretty sure the average is also a PB for me though. Oh what fun we mad runners have

I'm glad you got to run this morning, and I hope the pilates went well, and you didn't keel over or anything lol

Is there such a thing as runaholics anonymous??

[Debbie698 in reply to Sadie-runs]

Go you👌

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate]

Well done Neil...I love sneaky runs, they’re always so satisfying...& a pb too?! Podcast run is perfect fr no quickie...have a good weekend Neil 😉

[Hidden in reply to Mummycav]

Thank you Mummycav , nothing like a sneaky quicky before the weekend eh! I think I quite like this sneaky running. Maybe stealth running would be a good name. Yeah

[Mummycav Administrator Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Yeah, I like that!!