16km sunday

[Jericho2332]

Good morning runners! I hope your weekend has been a good one 👍🏻

Today was last run of 7 weeks to go on NRC HM plan, the 10k long run (obvs ran on to 16km).

Decided I wanted to split it into 3 5km runs and wanted to keep those three runs to be more or less exactly the same time wise. Under 6mins/km.

Set off steadily and tried not to think of just how far I had to go 🤣 first 5k went quickly and uneventfully and as planned under 30mins, the creeping thought kept sneaking in though.."you have to do that twice more"

Second 5k went well however, it was tough but I knew doing 10k in under an hour wasn't going to be an issue, done it many times and sure enough completed the 10k in 57.44, my 3rd fastest 10k ever 😁.

I was tiring by this stage, took a drink of water (yay I remembered water for the first time!), Knowing I still had 6km to go was weighing heavily at this stage but decided to focus on my breathing and keeping pace and hitting that 3rd and final 5km in the time I wanted.

It was at this stage Coach Bennett decided to throw in some Fartlek 🤣🤣, thanks Coach! Surprisingly I managed to do what he asked and pick up the pace as required, I was pleased with myself but glad when it was over 🤣 settled back to pace and was very pleased to complete the 15k in a new PB of 1:27:15 😁😁 turns out I could do it 😁

The last km was tough and I really had to force myself to finish, a lot of it up a slight slope which felt massive! 🤣

Final time 1:33:49 😁

Thanks for reading and enjoy the rest of your day 👍🏻

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon]

Splits

Splits

[nowster Metric Marathon]

If you'd done another 100m you could have called it 10 miles! 🤣

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to nowster]

It was 10 miles on NRC and 16km on Strava, I actually completed the 10miles before the 16km so I'm certainly claiming both today. It was a 10 mile run on NRC 👍🏻

[sparky66 Half Marathon]

Congratulations great run today Jericho!! Smashed it 👏👏👏🌟

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to sparky66]

Thanks sparky 😁 felt good to be hitting a PB over such a tough distance 👍🏻

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Jericho2332]

Mine yesterday was 1.16 and that was me trying my best 😂

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to sparky66]

That's very nippy! 👌🏻

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Jericho2332]

Not to bad for a 55 year old X couch potato 😂

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to sparky66]

I've spent the last year trying to get out of being a couch potato but must admit I'm laid on the sofa in my pants watching TV (I think it's my second favourite hobby after running 😂) Think I've earned it today though 😂

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Jericho2332]

Lol snap.. Netflix has a lot to answer to 🤣

You've definitely earned it..in fact it's a mandatory recovery day 👍😆

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles]

Awesome, what a good run, 10k in under an hour!! fantastic,

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you 😁 10kin under an hour is fairly standard now but the 15k in well under 90mins I was very pleased with 😁

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles in reply to Jericho2332]

Flipping brilliant, I was happy to get 10k in under 1hr 43 mins but haven’t run consistently enough this year to either increase or speed up although shorter distances are faster so i’m hopeful yet

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to SueAppleRun]

Yeah getting quicker over short distances certainly helps, stamina builds fairly quickly as you decide to run further and further... Unfortunately I found mine vanished rather quickly too when I wasn't keeping up with my training 🤣

[SueAppleRun 10 Miles in reply to Jericho2332]

It does and I’m looking at retirement next year and one thing is I’m sure I’ve got a HM in me but need more hours to train than I have now which i will have then

[Peter44 10 Miles]

Well done, and a fast time too, feel bad just having a lazy day, before going on holiday tomorrow! 👏🏃‍♂️👏

[sparky66 Half Marathon in reply to Peter44]

Have a great Holiday Peter ☺️

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Peter44]

Cheers Peter, enjoy your holiday mate 👍🏻 are you taking your running shoes? 🤔😂

[Peter44 10 Miles]

Will be too busy for running!!! 🌞😎🏖🤣

[AlMorr Half Marathon]

Congratulations on that 1.33.49 time for 16K/10 miles, perhaps with a little more running you may be able to run that NRC HM in around 2 hours, good luck.

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to AlMorr]

Thank you Al 😁

[Frenc Half Marathon]

Ah super well done! What a great run. Breaking it down into chunks makes it seem so much more doable - I always break it down into separate sections in my head if I’m doing a long one, makes it mentally so much more manageable. Oh and and well done for throwing in the Fartleks! That’s staying power! 😁😁😁

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to Frenc]

😁 thank you, yeah breaking it up really helps! Trying to not think of total distance is the hard bit 🤣🤣

[GailXrunning 10 Miles]

Year 2 off to a great start!

[Jericho2332 Half Marathon in reply to GailXrunning]

Thanks Gail, new runners arrived today too 😁😁😁ok post shoe porn after next run I think 🤣 ( two days at work have popped up tue,wed so bit of a wait lol)

[GailXrunning 10 Miles in reply to Jericho2332]

Haha! Snap! Mine arrived on Saturday. First outing today - perfect.