Rob's Running Blog

4k run – 23:17 – rather blew up at the end!

Had just planned a relatively easy 5k after Monday’s exploits. Although cloudy, felt a little muggy too so the sun was seeping through the clouds in places…

Set off and felt pretty good, did the first km in 5:59 and the next couple in 5:35 ish, but by then was starting to breathe really hard and my legs were getting rather tired. Half way through the next km I was reduced to a trot and decided to cut the run short, the last k was 6:03 so I was really slowing and there was no benefit to forcing the issue, as it always seems to happen that the first run back after a long run is like trying to run on a tank that hasn’t quite filled back up.

I plan a gentle 5 miles on Sunday, a couple of easy runs in the week, and then it will be race day!