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No really....

I have my kit! Honest! It's here by my side! Shoes and all!

Sometime later - after lunch .....

[pixie crawls in]

OMG Help!!

Will someone please tell me why I left it almost 2mths since my last proper (non mini brick or TW) run? Will someone please also tell me why I leave myself 4wks to get back to running and race a 5k? Oh and why did I think I can get a PB at that 5k race??

If today's potter is anything to go by I have 3mins per mile to lose if I want a PB! ROFLMAO!!!

Ok So 1st mile was slowest .. try to start slow to allow for legs to wake up. Had to stop after 3mins (stopped watch too!) to stretch calves (they said we no run in ages we no like!). Soon realised that I was pottering and pottering slowly and that pottering means shuffling. So I started to "run". This saw my HR go up to 193! My max in 206 and I wasn't even trying to work hard to doing any speedwork! So I decided to run properly (made style and form better) then hold the 192/193 for a couple of mins then walk until it dropped to below 180 then run again.

No idea what pace I was running at as I wasn't paying any attention but will look later! This also meant I wasn't looking at the distance so stopped at 3.05m, just a skip short of 5k and in an awful 42:38! My PB is 34:20 and a while ago I was thinking of sub 30! That is so not going to happen!! LOL!

Oh well at least I made it out the door today!! Better luck next time, which may be tomorrow maybe Friday!!

Comments

XFR Bear said…
Well done Pix - you got out there and ran :oD
1:42 PM, August 02, 2006
Evil Pixie said…
:-D
I think that's what it was bear! Awful! Truly Awful! I am in so much trouble!
1:44 PM, August 02, 2006
shortnginger said…
well done for getting out the door pix thats where it has to start!
2:59 PM, August 02, 2006
Evil Pixie said…
see I said I was in trouble!!!
>hides from scary dinosaur<
4:17 PM, August 02, 2006
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