Week 6, Run 3. On fire!

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Well... it’s 26 degrees C here in Amsterdam and I went out for my usual Sunday run while my kid is at his swimming lessons. Only this was my longest run to date; 25 minutes!!

I went for my usual run along the Amstel. Started off ok but found breathing kind of difficult around the five minute mark, as usual settled into a routine and managed to level things out. At 12 minutes I hit the half way point and turned into Amstelpark and headed north... straight into a food truck festival. I ran past pancake trucks, BBQ’s, wine bars and god only knows what else. Dodging buggies and kids, old people in wheelchairs and groups of twenty somethings that had one too many I powered on, past all the temptation and I kept it going, finishing with a 60 second sprint on Jo’s suggestion.

I think it took me almost an hour to stop sweating but I made it!! Yay!

Btw... this run was after I cycled 15k this afternoon to take my kid to his friends birthday party on the far side of town!

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Incidentally I checked my stats and I’m pulling a kilometre in just under 7 minutes which means It’ll take me 35 minutes to do 5k at my current pace. Hopefully this will pick up over coming weeks but I’ve gotta shed a minute off each and every KM to do my 5k in 30 mins (this should still leave me in good standing to do the 8k race I’ve booked in October in under an hour if I can keep the pace!)

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Does anyone get tingles in their skin when they finish a long run?