Fastest, bestest run yet…
By popular request, here’s a quick, short post on my AMAZING run today.
I spent the morning working with Irene from RATs (tri club) putting together the awards and photos for our annual awards dinner this Saturday night. Remarkably we managed to get the job done, despite my 18 month old running around and literally trashing the joint - sick, yeah right!
Anyway, after two days at home with Toby, Mike arrived home at lunchtime to relieve me so I could head out for today’s 5km run. I had last week off training under strict orders from Lee-Anne, and have been itching to get back into it this week. I re-jigged this week’s programme to use my 60 minute brisk walk yesterday with Toby in the buggy, but I couldn’t afford to muck around with it anymore this week.
So I literally booted Irene out the door (sorry Irene), frantically got dressed into my running gear, threw my ear pieces into my ears, grabbed the dog and headed out the driveway. Quite fast.
“This is interesting,” I thought. “I wonder how long I can keep this pace up.”
For over five kilometres it turns out!
It was definately hard going, and I was really feeling it, but I still had enough left to really put the pace on for the last 500 metres - I was actually dragging the dog, which is completely unheard of!
5.5 kilometres in 42 minutes. An absolute record for me and a good one to have under my belt. It’s nice to know I can push it a little bit and still get around the course. I couldn’t have gone much further, but I got there today.
I am completely shattered now though. I hurt everywhere and have to push myself out of my chair. But it’s a good tired and a good hurt.
Bring on spinning class tomorrow!
PS: update on yesterday’s blog post, the Reeboks rock! First decent run under their soles, and they are awesome. Very very pleased.