I lost the lap count but I had planned to run for 40 mins or so, but as I completed my last/second last lap it was 40 mins on the button so I left it at that, then trotted down to the end of the field to sprint back up (which took 70 seconds all out) for the hell of it!
Felt great today - wasn't even that tired. Felt it about 15 mins in & wanted to cut it short & take the easy way out, but I persevered & next time I glanced at the watch it was 23 mins gone & I felt much better in my chest - naturally my legs were protesting (being on my feet all day for the past 3 days - can't wait till I get a desk job!) but they got over it...
I was 3:15 on my first lap (I normally do 3-3:05 min laps when I'm hot but I treated it as a recreational jog, I sped up in the last 10 mins/ 3 laps but I felt great throughout never really going ad but not taking it too easy either, felt great coming up & down on the bike.
Ran around 4pm as I was working 8-3 in the shop (including the 5 mile cycle each way, of course) but I felt great all day & was looking forward to the run.
The fields is my target now, so I'm gonna try & get a bit of decent training in for that over the next few weeks, I'll do a few 8 milers for endurance & some hard 10kms for overall fitness on the road, some more grasswork (to help the joints) similar to today (including intervals on 1 side of the pitch perhaps) & some speedwork on the track too (for that raw intensity).
The weather has been cold but dry (thankfully - I'm so grateful for it!) for the last 10 days solid so perfect for running (& cycling, so no excuses for not training really - yahoo!).
Plan a hard 10km on tuesday although I might be meeting a few college friends for a run too tomorrow so may do the 10km on wednesday instead...
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