Three runs this week the first two were rubbish relatively speaking. I ran in the evening after particularly bad days at work and they were tortuous from beginning to end, heavy legged, heavy hearted, muggy weather.
I am not looking for sympathy I hope you understand sometimes it goes that way and I did still squeak out 9 and 10k respectively but they were slow and just teeth gritting from the get go. Loads slower than I would normally do that distance.
Well today I did a ParkRun just to shake the cobwewbs aways away (bearing in mind the tough 10k was yesterday) and I knocked 16 seconds off my PB! 16 seconds! I can't remember the last time I took a bite out like that; for a while I have been reeling it in but slowly-slowly then a big old bite! Pretty chufffed, not to say amazed. I just don't know what changed since yesterday except for the time of day maybe......
Anyways I think the moral of the story is those tough runs sometimes seem to go on for ages and ages but you just never ever know when suddenly it will, for no apparent reason, suddenly all just click back into place unlooked for.
A tough run is 100% better than no run however much it hurts at the time, there is always a good one round the corner (so far!).
Congratulations in beating your PB.
This outside running lark
I'm not enjoying this running lark
At what point do you stop hating running?
This running lark ain't so easy
Never been able to run.
Good job, you!
lol...most of my runs are still tooth gritting slogs. I realize tho, that I've only been running 3 months (and a few days), I'm still carrying way too much weight, and I haven't run NEAR enough miles yet. (I'd like to think the mind searing runs are training for the mental part of running.)
But then, like you say, one day you just blow the cobwebs out and have a really good run. I wonder if it is like this for the Olympic runners...?
Have you done any more fell running?
Enjoy!
He he I wish!
I am of up to the Lakes in September to walk some short stretches of the "Bob Graham Round" just to end that dream
If you haven't come across the BGR check it out its an inhuman feat :-|
Try the Wicklow Round - Moire O'Sullivan's book on that wore me out from the comfort of my sofa!
Oh thanks I will, not come across that one.