8½ minute kilometres

[liv]

So since the really good run when I smashed my records, I've had a few not-great runs, but it definitely does feel like I'm managing 8½ '/km now even when it's a less than perfect run.

5 km on Saturday starting from our new house, which is about a mile from the river and there's no really good route. Apart from it being unfamiliar there's a couple of big roads and lots of little roads to cross. So I was pleased with a time of under 42 minutes overall.

Tuesday my lungs were just not cooperating, I felt like I couldn't breathe deeply or find a good rhythm at all. So I decided I couldn't face running uphill and carried on down along the railway. 3.6 km in 30 minutes, just barely and even running downhill which should in theory be a bit faster. But at least I had time to walk the couple of miles home, probably the last time this year it'll be light late enough.

And today was better than Tuesday but still not particularly great. Another 3.6 km in 30 minutes, this time reasonably comfortably and including the mile+ uphill section. I really need to join a gym again, I think, I'm not going to be able to run after work for much longer.

Comments

[angrboda]

I tend to find downhill running surprisingly hard work, because I'm using a lot of strength on not going too fast. :) Luckily I don't have any of that at the moment, because all my downhill gradients are so small. I do have some uphill bits but they're small.

Lovely with a new house though. :)