Rob's Running Blog

5k Tempo Run with hills – 29:50

Had 4 days off over the weekend to give my legs and body chance to recover from the longer, sapping run on Friday. Decided to christen the new pair of Adidas Supernova Glides that had been hiding under my bed for the last year.

Felt sluggish at first, and had a burning sensation in my shin, but that soon went and then had to tip toe down the big Mill Lane Hill which felt hard going on my knees, but after that the discomforts disappeared and I was able to start going faster, even up the inclines, and although I was gasping and hurting I decided to try to maintain the pace and try to get a sub 30 in spite of the slow start and sapping effect of the hills.

It was a close run thing in the end, but I did the last k in 5:24 to edge a sub 30 in 29:50 and it felt good to be able to get that kind of speed up, if I could maintain that for 10k…. lol. Definitely feels like I am making progress, but think sub 57 is probably a more realistic target for the Great Manchester Run than sub 55 – but who knows!

Knee feeling fine so far. 😀