30 mins: 3.7 km

[liv]

For once a lunchtime run worked better with my schedule than an evening one; luckily it's cloudy enough that it wasn't too boiling hot. Still focusing on keeping a steady pace and paying attention to the fastest that my lungs can manage without spasming. I'm pleased with this run, I managed 3.7 km in 30 minutes, which equals the fastest I've ever managed and is definitely a PR for the route that's half uphill. And I was only a little bit faster on the downhill part than the uphill, I think I'm getting to the point where I can slow down about the right amount, especially if I focus more on my body and less on trying to go as fast as possible.

That's a pace of 8'11'' /km, so I'm maybe going to hit that magic 8' km target some time this millennium... (Everybody says of beginner friendly events like Parkrun that it's perfectly fine if you can "only" run 8'/km, so I've been trying for over a year to get to that beginner level, and now I feel I'm nearly there. I'm pretty sure I can do 8'/km on the flat, but not for more than about 10-15 minutes at a time.)

Runkeeper gave me some really weird data, with the chart completely nonsensical but the overall time and splits corresponding with what I guessed based on familiarity with the route. So I think that is a genuine 3.7 km, or only a few 10s of metres off if it's wrong.

Comments

[rmc28]

Indeed :-)