8k Regular Run – Nice and Sunny – 45:30
Posted on Mar 11, 2009 under 5-10k, Regular Runs | No CommentBeen a bit worried about my running form lately, as have felt a few colds trying to start, sore throat etc, which have got rid of but had to take it easy – and with my first race of the year coming up, I wanted to be pushing harder! So it was nice to fit in an 8k today mid week before race day – after running a painful 4k on Sunday, it was refreshing to be able to run twice as far and a little faster overall as well!
Set off at a steady pace and found it hard going early on, in fact it wasn’t easy at any stage, just kept going somehow, and was starting to get really warm as the sun was out, so sweated quite a lot in my warm clobber – will soon be time to start taking water out with me again! Was pleasantly surprised with how fast I was runnning without putting any more effort in other than just to make 8K (at one point I considered trying 10k but didn’t want to exhaust my resources!).
Splits:
5:26
5:43
5:33
5:39
5:44
5:48
5:42
5:50
Last K was as seems to be usual uphill, so all in all a steadily paced run. Might now do an easy run Friday and a very easy run Saturday, but still need to decide if I am race fit – at this pace I could probably do 56:00 for 10k, but will see!