Looked like a bigger turnout as well due to one of the bigger ones in Middlesbrough being cancelled due to an event in the park.
Also saw something yesterday that said one of our local events originally ran their first 3 events on a Wednesday to avoid clashing as they’re barely 3k apart. Apparently one of only two that ran them on a midweek.
Ended up going to the local run again today, after going to bed with a migraine
Felt terrible in the short warmup which is sometimes a good sign
Went off fairly steady to avoid the traffic at the start and settled into a decent but manageable pace. Started catching a few of the quick starters.
Started increasing the pace to get away from a few on the way back and then noticed a sub 22 was likely so pushed on. Final time was 21:49 on my watch. Was quicker last month by about 10 seconds but this was more comfortable. And it’s a little bit softer after the recent rain.
Did 23 pacing this week at my local run. Was messing around so didn’t get much of a warmup luckily the Garmin current lap pace is quite accurate.
Got to halfway just about perfectly paced, there was a young lad and woman I know from work that weren’t far behind but I thought they were falling back a bit.
Was slightly quick for a couple of K’s as I was talking to someone running next to me. Then after falling behind the young lad legged it past with a K to go
I was slowing a bit because I knew I was slightly ahead and with about 300m to go the woman from work went past! It’s not a 5k PB but she said it was a course PB, and the course is a good 40s slower than a flat tarmac run.
Splits were generally consistent, but it felt a bit tougher than it should, very humid though.
My youngest sister also appeared! Made sure she was well behind me
My garmin is playing up at present so when the start/stop button refused to play ball at the start of yesterdays parkrun I had no choice but to run on feel. I was near a chap I know when his watches beeped at 1km and I asked him the split - 3:55. I’m normally about 10 seconds slower at this point. Oops.
That was the only time I had and the rest of the run was just trying to keep someone off of my back for the next 4k.
“Official” time was 19:49 which based on how exhausted I was at the end makes sense. Very happy with that.
Set out to try another progressive parkrun yesterday. Didn’t get round to setting PacePro on the Garmin, but had in mind trying for 4m10, 4m05, 4m00, 3m55, 3m50 for a total of 20 minutes.
In the end it was close, although went a bit too fast on kms 2&3 and probably as a result couldn’t quite deliver km5.
19m44, which might actually be my second fastest Taunton parkrun out of about 10 attempts. And half the world didn’t go past me dying on the 2nd lap, which was nice.
Did Street with Craig today. he wanted to kick on but I always wanted to take it easy, ahead of Burnham half tomorrow, and some DIY at Mum’s I’m about to dive into.
Easy trot for a 28.03
Lo and Mrs FP did Winchester together for a 30.05 each
I ventured a little bit further than usual and largely regretted it I was originally going to do one of the faster local courses to get an idea of form but knew I was wrecked from my recent block, and the weather wasn’t looking good. The course at Hartlepool is along the North Sea coastal wall and wide open to the elements. It was also raining so I wimped it and had a thin jacket on as well as my running vest.
Started a bit too fast and knew it, but the strong wind was generally behind us, managed to get a bit of control but the legs were really heavy.
Was pleasantly surprised to go through 3K in 12:35 but that’s about where you turn into the wind, it probably took about 50 seconds longer to get back, but that was as much due to my legs giving up
Made it home in 21:31 which wasn’t bad considering.
I went to the usual local one in the hope it would dodge the wind a bit. Aimed for 4:30/K pace and was fairly close, was a little bit quicker on the way back with the downhill slope.
Felt like hard work though, breathing is pretty laboured at the moment but finished in 22:22 which felt like 10k effort.
Did an easy 6K after to get the weekly distance up.
Probably back on the tourist trail next weekend as we’re away so somewhere near Sheffield or Barnsley
I had a lackluster trudge around Taunton today. Had a bit of a cold all week. Was feeling better by yesterday but clearly the body is still not entirely happy.
Started steady but had a random twinge in my right knee half way round which almost stopped me running, never had that before, the joys of the aging process. I backed right off for a minute or so and then it had gone, so picked up the pace to the finish.
21m13
There was an older gent in an arthritis UK top doing his 500th park run (I passed him on lap 2 at 4km, so he had done 1.5km…). Got to say he didn’t strike me as the best advert for a life of running, but I said congratulations anyway.
luckily the Garmin current lap pace is quite accurate.
