Week Four. Run Two

[LittleIreland]

What a difference a couple of days make, plus running at a different time of day!

On Monday, I struggled somewhat with the first run of this week - then it was an evening run, and was topped off with a painful stitch.

Today, I opted for a morning run - not at daft o'clock... that one is on Friday lol. It was an 8am start, and I decided to do a ten minute warm-up instead of the five. I think it paid dividends.

Dire Straits and Sultans of Swing got me underway this time round. There was the usual huffing and puffing, but I paid more attention to my breathing today. I think it went much better.

Just like on Monday, I tracked this run. On Monday, including walking time, my average pace was 14.49min/mile. Today, my pace was 13.59min/mile. I'm pretty dumbstruck at the difference - and today felt much easier. Weird.

Maybe the weather played a part in today? What a glorious spring like morning. I hope there's many more days like this on the horizon.

[dijep Graduate]

Well done that's great. I think the weather makes a big difference, and for me where I'm running as well, I really didn't like the pavements when my old railway line was too flooded to use.

[LittleIreland Graduate in reply to dijep]

I'm mostly using the old railway line which is now part of the Coast to Coast cycle path. But, I've noticed a few bumps on it of late where tree roots are forcing up the tarmac. I can see me tripping during a night run. That'll be fun lol.

[mom24uk Graduate]

That sounds like a great run! 👏 I think I prefer morning runs too. If I left it til later in the day I think I'd have less energy and am more likely to talk myself out of it.

That's lovely scenery to run around in too. 😍 It's lovely to see blue in the sky though here it was pretty cold this morning with the temperature around 0. I wasn't too bad because I soon warm up but DD had 3 tops on and her hood up the entire time 😲

[LittleIreland Graduate in reply to mom24uk]

It was zero here too... And I had a couple of tops on. Lol.