Oh now where to start!
OK easy one 1st ... I now have a size small but actually quiet large FLM top! Matches me rather large FLM finishers tee! This is good news as it doesn't mean I have to torment myself with deferring!!
Also today Gnome and I swam. He's not going to be up to the swimathon as the shortest individual distance is 100 lengths! The team event is 200 lengths! So next year then! In the mean time I will try and find him some lessons.
Now for the best-est news!
Friday I was tired, didn't really want to run but took my kit anyway. I was worried about being tired and running with L as I am so much slower than her. Work was busy so I tried to use that as an excuse to get out of running then to run a shorter route, but L being my boss as such said we were fine! When walking up the stairs in the morning my legs had felt tired. This was not going to be pretty! I had ended up walking on Thursday and this was my 1st proper week of 3 runs in months and this was back to back runs.
So off we went. The wind was sooooo much better today! We weren't battling head down! L started off quickly (she later said she thought we were going too slow!). We got to the 1st check point (as such!) and we were definitely up on Thursday. Now for Whistler Way, nice and sheltered but mind the fallen tree! My legs weren't happy and L was a bit ahead but I tried to stay focused. We passed some dog walkers and I snuck ahead. Got to CP2 ahead and only 15secs off the best time for that section - maybe it would be a good run after all! Up the woodland stairs and up the hill. I ran up fighting the urge to walk all the way - wow PB up the hill! Now a nice downhill section! Hang on L is behind me! I can hear her actually breathing! I know I'm working hard but it's not bad and I'm ahead and want to stay there!
We get to the leisure center. J's best time here is 26:39 and that's my target for before he gets back. He had joked I had to get to sub 30mins by the end of Q1 as my work target! We get to the corner and I hit the split button .... 30:35! OMG that's coming up to a 1min off my PB! What is going on! L is still behind. Now I am tired, my legs are saying walk but my head is saying "storming run keep going"
I'm still ahead! All the way back to the office. I'm pushing hard trying to stay in front of L and it feels like the end of a race when I'm actually racing rather than just taking part! I daren't look at my watch ... I reach the final corner, hit the button and stop. My heart is pounding, my breathing is heavy and I can't reply to the other runner heading off! My previous best had seen fetch say that 5k (this is a 3.2m loop) would be 34:20 as my previous best time had been 35:26. I looked at my watch .... 34:20!! OMG!!! New PB by over a minute and over 2mins faster than Thursday! What had happened! I didn't even want to run as I was tired! WOW!!!!
Needless to say I was a very happy beaming pixie for the rest of the day! This gave me an average pace of 10:44 and my BEST EVER run! Never before had I managed a run of that length and pace on the flat let alone with undulations! VERY happy!
L has now suggested we find some more routes. With hills to make us stronger and do some longer routes too. Who am I to say no to the boss hey!!
OK easy one 1st ... I now have a size small but actually quiet large FLM top! Matches me rather large FLM finishers tee! This is good news as it doesn't mean I have to torment myself with deferring!!
Also today Gnome and I swam. He's not going to be up to the swimathon as the shortest individual distance is 100 lengths! The team event is 200 lengths! So next year then! In the mean time I will try and find him some lessons.
Now for the best-est news!
Friday I was tired, didn't really want to run but took my kit anyway. I was worried about being tired and running with L as I am so much slower than her. Work was busy so I tried to use that as an excuse to get out of running then to run a shorter route, but L being my boss as such said we were fine! When walking up the stairs in the morning my legs had felt tired. This was not going to be pretty! I had ended up walking on Thursday and this was my 1st proper week of 3 runs in months and this was back to back runs.
So off we went. The wind was sooooo much better today! We weren't battling head down! L started off quickly (she later said she thought we were going too slow!). We got to the 1st check point (as such!) and we were definitely up on Thursday. Now for Whistler Way, nice and sheltered but mind the fallen tree! My legs weren't happy and L was a bit ahead but I tried to stay focused. We passed some dog walkers and I snuck ahead. Got to CP2 ahead and only 15secs off the best time for that section - maybe it would be a good run after all! Up the woodland stairs and up the hill. I ran up fighting the urge to walk all the way - wow PB up the hill! Now a nice downhill section! Hang on L is behind me! I can hear her actually breathing! I know I'm working hard but it's not bad and I'm ahead and want to stay there!
We get to the leisure center. J's best time here is 26:39 and that's my target for before he gets back. He had joked I had to get to sub 30mins by the end of Q1 as my work target! We get to the corner and I hit the split button .... 30:35! OMG that's coming up to a 1min off my PB! What is going on! L is still behind. Now I am tired, my legs are saying walk but my head is saying "storming run keep going"
I'm still ahead! All the way back to the office. I'm pushing hard trying to stay in front of L and it feels like the end of a race when I'm actually racing rather than just taking part! I daren't look at my watch ... I reach the final corner, hit the button and stop. My heart is pounding, my breathing is heavy and I can't reply to the other runner heading off! My previous best had seen fetch say that 5k (this is a 3.2m loop) would be 34:20 as my previous best time had been 35:26. I looked at my watch .... 34:20!! OMG!!! New PB by over a minute and over 2mins faster than Thursday! What had happened! I didn't even want to run as I was tired! WOW!!!!
Needless to say I was a very happy beaming pixie for the rest of the day! This gave me an average pace of 10:44 and my BEST EVER run! Never before had I managed a run of that length and pace on the flat let alone with undulations! VERY happy!
L has now suggested we find some more routes. With hills to make us stronger and do some longer routes too. Who am I to say no to the boss hey!!
Comments
Pity about the swimathon
Unless you and gnome could be a team-he he;)
he he he
I am SO EVIL
hmm lovely weather today!