Thursday 7th October 2010

To zoom, or not to zoom. That was the question. Whether tis better to run fast after my last run went fast when twas meant to be slow, or to run slow when run is planned as fast. I couldn't make up my mind, so I decided to play it by ear.It was a cool but very windy night, and as I'd left it late again, I skipped the warm up (mistake), and decided to try to go quickly. I quickly found out that was a mistake too, that my lungs need a warm up because of my asthma, so I had to slow it down. Having the wind blowing straight in my face and taking my breath away didn't help either. However, after another 400metres, I found I had now warmed up, so picked the pace up again. Nothing blistering, only around the 6.5mph mark, but I was happy with that. It felt comfortable. It was approaching the end that I felt I should really unleash, so despite being quite knackered, I tried to let loose. I worked my legs as fast and as hard as I could, with the Garmin recording a top speed of 10.2. Excellent.

Garmin stats: 1.01miles in 9mins 30.35secs, averaging 6.4mph. Almost a case of 2 runs in one, but I still enjoyed it.

Now for a few days rest before the step up to 5km on Sunday for the Worldwide Festival of Races.