Week 5 day 2

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It was just about warm enough to run outside again today, so I went out to the park at lunchtime. I ran as slowly as I could and that was slow enough to manage the full 8 minute run twice. My average pace for the whole session was over 10 min/km again, but it still feels like an achievement to have managed those longer runs. Also in the first 8 minutes I ran from the entrance to the park all the way to Morrisons at one end of the park, and in the second 8 minutes from just beyond the entrance to the end of the rugby pitch at the other end. Which felt like satisfying "stages"; it would be reasonable to try to work up to covering those distances in 6 minutes or perhaps even 5.

Runkeeper recorded over 2 miles for the first time, but that's mainly because I ended up half a mile from my start point and reckoned I might as well get credit for the walk back. Realistically this was 2.8 km in 28'17''.

And now I have to psych myself up to the scary 20 minute continuous run for day 3!