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!).
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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...?
fantastic, Greg_M, and so good to hear it how important it is to take the rough with the smooth. I can't imagine running 10k, so well done- inspirational!
this is fantastic to hear. makes you realise that its not just you that has bad or tough runs. even those who keep running have bad runs. I say that cause it is taking me time to build back up to 30mins or more after having a little break (month off more or less) & routine all over the place with kids off school.
well done on the 16seconds. that is an amazing amount of time to knock off. so what is your PB now?? parkrun is 5k isnt it?
I am still hoping to reach that golden plateau where there are no bad runs but looking at those that fell by the wayside in the Olympic marathons I suspect I shouldn't be holding my breath.
Best of luck with the build up, I am sure it will come quicker than you think.
ha. thats a fantastic time. & to be able to knock time off aswell. wow, you were going lightning fast
my race for life time was 34.50mins ~ my excuse is that I walked with daughter no 3 as she wasnt up to running all the way daughter no 2 however came in at under 32mins & she hasnt run for a few months now, since finishing c25k. the winner there had about the same time as you.
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Congratulations in beating your PB.
Super Pleased I can do this running Lark 😀😂
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
