When will I learn

[Cath400]

Not run for nearly 2 weeks for a variety of reasons but forced myself out in the pouring rain for consolidation run number 3.

Tried the very hilly park run near me. Set off too fast and listened to the gremlins. Ended up running just over 2k in 20 mins but then stopped.

Decided to think of it as a shorter faster run (fast for me anyway) and will try again another day but soooo much slower

[sTrongFuse Graduate]

That's a perfectly valid description. We all have ones that get away from us, but a run is a run, even if it doesn't go the way it was meant to before hand.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

My beliefs and theory about a two week break from running are that you will lose next to no condition in that time, but you will lose your ability to pace sensibly.

I base this on my past experience and the fact that many of my pbs have come after a break from running for a week or more.

[Cath400 Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

I think that's really accurate. Didn't help that the first bit was downhill so flew down there. By the time I realised pacing was way too fast the damage was done