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Friday night came and I was presented with the SDM! The previous owner had had her handbag stolen with the watch in so the SDM was of no use to her - it was to me!

One of my problems with running has been that I run alone. It doesn't bother me running alone - you get time to think and peace and time to take in what is about you. I enjoy it BUT it also means I turned into a 1 speed pixie. I knew I could run faster as I have always been a bit faster in races with others about and always managed a "pixie sprint" finish, but I never seemed capable of running faster alone. My legs just seemed to have 1 pace and that was it!

The club has forced me to run faster so that I didn't get left behind and the ladies captain (a runner of 18 yrs experience, a qualified personal trainer and a 3 hrs marathon runner) has made a point of getting me to vary my speed. This has already seen me improving which is great.

Today I went for my first sole run with the SDM and it was brilliant! My "normal" sole running speed is a very slow 12.30 minute miles at the fastest! but today I averaged under 12 for the hour run with most of the time being about 11 minute miles (the average time was slower due to having to walk after 4m with stomach cramp!) The best bit was that this pace wasn't really hard - it was comfortably hard but I was happy!

Roll on improved speed!

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