Rob's Running Blog

7k All Run in 41:51

Only my 5th run back on the comeback trail and managed to run my target distance of 7k without any problems. This was more a “TOYF” (time on your feet) kind of run, just to build some extra distance on top of the 5k’s I’ve been doing.  It was a good run all round – headed past the industrial estate to the Dane Bank area near where I live, and scooted around various streets then ran back.

My 5k split was actually not much slower than the flat out 5k I did at the weekend, but I didn’t notice I was going that quick, which is a good sign – though I did experience a blast of runners’ high at about the 5k mark! Really enjoyed just settling into a rhythm and just keeping going, and managed an average pace of about 6 minutes per kilometre, around 1 hour 10k pace.

On this evidence I feel I could pretty much complete a 10k race if it was next week, but have a while yet to keep getting back the fitness.  I have really no idea how quickly I will get it all back as it is the first time coming back from such a long layoff.  The good news is, back when I had an injury when I first started running, and had about a month off, it took ages to get back up to speed, but having got to a certain level it seems like the body remembers.

Just can’t wait until the first 10k of the new season 🙂