So this morning i was either going to go for a relatively quick (for me) 5K or a long slower run of minimum 8.5K as that's what my last longer run was .
i decided that because my last run was a fartlek run with higher pace that it would be sensible today to go for a longer slower run.
i wanted to keep my pace around 8:15/Km and achieved that quite well throughout most of the run picking up ever so slightly towards the last few k as the splits below show
1. 8:09 6. 8:02
2. 8:08 7. 8:01
3. 8:17 8. 8:00
4. 8:19 9. 7:57
5. 8:02 10. 7:46
i found it quite hard work to keep this pace down at first and it probably took me around 1 Km to to do it and for it to feel comfortable , i wanted to go just that little bit quicker but thought it could jeopardize my run if i let it increase .
the first 3 or 4k went fine with no problems and then i noticed a slight increase in pace but it was not much so was not really worried about that .
it was when i reached 5K that i decided i still felt absolutely fine and could probably run the same distance again !
even on C25k it was always the halfway bell when i decided if i could make it or not .
6 and 7 k were fine with a pace of around 8:00/Km and i felt if i maintain this or even allow it to creep up slightly then i should be ok .
8.5k came which was my previous longest run and i was feeling ok, legs getting a little tired though , slight stiffening in my left calf but this soon disappeared at around 9K and then i knew the 10K would be fine .
When i reached 10K i was happy to stop running haha, but panicked for a moment as i thought i had lost the run on my watch !! 😱 i somehow managed to switch it off before saving the run !!!
luckily it was still there when i got it on again ! Phew!!! as i had not been recording on strava as that gets uploaded from Garmin connect!
anyway panic over, run saved and time to walk home ! 😬
10K Goal Achieved ;o)
My first 10k run!
My first 10K :)
My first 10k
